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Originally Posted by Nzsftbl
Hello...
Looking for a schedule for this format (2 divisions, each with 16 teams)
With a change:
8 games vs teams in the division, in 4 game series, 1 home and 1 away, 120 games.
4 games vs teams in the other division, in 2 game series, 1 home and 1 away series, 32 games.
Total of 152 games.
Preference of regular MLB setup (weekend series end on Sunday or Monday, weekday series run thru Thursday; +/- 6 months schedule length)
Can anyone help?
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Hopefully I am not reading this incorrectly, but I am seeing a problem with the math...
- 32 teams in two divisions each with 16 teams
- 8 games against each of the 15 division opponents is 120, so that checks out
- But with 16 opponents in other division, 4 games against each would be 64 games
Could play only one series against each opponent in other division, splitting so play half at home and half away. That would get to the 120+32=152 from 30 four-game series and 16 two-game series.
The problem there is fitting in those consistently into anything like the MLB week format.
To do that in a case with all 2-game & 4-game series I would have a Mon-Tue or Tue-Wed 2-game series then a Thu-Sun 4-game series. That means each team has an offday every week, on either Mon or Wed, depending on when the 2-game series fell. Doing that though requires (nearly) equal numbers of 2-game and 4-game series.
To get to that point given the above 30/16 distribution, some of the 4-game series can be split into pairs of 2-game series. Doing that for two of the 15 division opponents gets to a reasonable balance: 13*2=26 four-game series, (2*4)+(16*1)=24 two-game series.
From that can do 24 full weeks with a 2-game series then a 4-game series. The other two 4-game series can be from starting the season with one on a weekend, and the week of the All-Star Game having one on its weekend. (I am assuming an All-Star Game)
I figure that the main point was getting the equal number of games against each division and interdivision opponent, and that is the best way I see to get there.
However, if there is flexibility in the numbers it is easier to get to an "MLB-looking" schedule of mostly 3-game series, some 4-game series, maybe a few 2-game series, an offday on most weeks but not every single week... E.g., one 3-game series against each of the 16 interdivision opponents, and somewhere from 6 to 9 games against the division opponents.