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Pelican · 12-09-2022, 03:12 PM

Yeah, that does make sense, and I hadn’t looked at it that way. It’s a lot easier to know where your team stands in September than in April or May. If you take too long to sort things out at the start, there may be no coming back. And it’s particularly true, the more Wild Card teams you have. Adding four teams to the playoffs in 1971 really changed the dynamic in the NL (though not in the AL). Pittsburgh is in, and on the way to winning 100 games. But LA, SF, and St. Louis are all in contention in the West (Cincy and St. Louis switched Divisions in my sim, based on simple geography…) The Mutts have the same record as the Cardinals. In theory, Philly, Atlanta, and Cincy have a 0.2% chance (one game for elimination) with fourteen games left. One of LA, SF, St.L, and NY will not make the playoffs. Cool.

12-09-2022, 03:12 PM	#16
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 3,228	Yeah, that does make sense, and I hadn’t looked at it that way. It’s a lot easier to know where your team stands in September than in April or May. If you take too long to sort things out at the start, there may be no coming back. And it’s particularly true, the more Wild Card teams you have. Adding four teams to the playoffs in 1971 really changed the dynamic in the NL (though not in the AL). Pittsburgh is in, and on the way to winning 100 games. But LA, SF, and St. Louis are all in contention in the West (Cincy and St. Louis switched Divisions in my sim, based on simple geography…) The Mutts have the same record as the Cardinals. In theory, Philly, Atlanta, and Cincy have a 0.2% chance (one game for elimination) with fourteen games left. One of LA, SF, St.L, and NY will not make the playoffs. Cool. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”