1 game playoff

jazzrack · 08-14-2004, 07:24 PM

The CLB had 2 teams in the same division end tied, instead of the game having a 1 game playoff to see who the division winner was it, gave it to a team. Am I wrong in thinking that it should have been a 1 game playoff instead?

jmm8356 · 08-14-2004, 07:31 PM

Depends. If the "other" team is going to be the wild card, in R/L they don't play a playoff and use tiebreakers instead. (head to head, divisional record, etc.)

Somebody mentioned a similar problem a few days ago, though... so two questions:

1) Does the league have wild cards?

2) Was the non-pennant winning team the wild card that year?

jazzrack · 08-14-2004, 07:32 PM

sorry, i didn't see the other thread.

jazzrack · 08-14-2004, 07:32 PM

we do have the WC, and no the "losing team" did not get the WC spot.

another strange thing was 2 teams in a different division had a 1 game playoff when neither team was in the hunt for a WC spot or Division crown.

jmm8356 · 08-14-2004, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jazzrack

sorry, i didn't see the other thread.

That's okay, I could have just clicked twice from your signature to get the answers to my questions.

Anyway, it sounds like OOTP fudges the tiebreaking procedures a bit in leagues with a wild card. It always uses tiebreakers rather than a playoff, even when one of the teams will miss the postseason due to a tiebreaker.

Must be one of those "design decisions" to use an "abstraction" of the real life system...

jazzrack · 08-14-2004, 07:45 PM

I guess we were ASSUMINg that we would have a 1 game playoff, and after all the drama we had to close the season. 2 races were being decided on the final day, 1 game involed both team in the WC race (that one went 19 innings, and we broadcast that one. That was GREAT drama) It was just a letdown to not have that 1 game playoff.

jmm8356 · 08-14-2004, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazzrack

we do have the WC, and no the "losing team" did not get the WC spot.

another strange thing was 2 teams in a different division had a 1 game playoff when neither team was in the hunt for a WC spot or Division crown.

That... is odd. Maybe the logic is reversed... as in:

IF [tied teams are not in contention] THEN schedule playoff ELSE do not schedule playoff

Seems like this should have come up before now, though...

08-14-2004, 07:24 PM	#1
jazzrack Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: still kicking Posts: 3,229	1 game playoff The CLB had 2 teams in the same division end tied, instead of the game having a 1 game playoff to see who the division winner was it, gave it to a team. Am I wrong in thinking that it should have been a 1 game playoff instead? __________________ . "Never confuse composure for ease" Was once Head Cheese of Corporate League Baseball

08-14-2004, 07:31 PM	#2
jmm8356 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lafayette IN (by way of Tonawanda NY) Posts: 1,673	Depends. If the "other" team is going to be the wild card, in R/L they don't play a playoff and use tiebreakers instead. (head to head, divisional record, etc.) Somebody mentioned a similar problem a few days ago, though... so two questions: 1) Does the league have wild cards? 2) Was the non-pennant winning team the wild card that year? __________________ Jeremy from Tonawanda --- Go Cubbies! --- Unofficial Theta Tester(tm) "Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and western!" From OOTP 6: Designated for Assignment FAQ (Includes both problems and solutions! Ooooo! )

08-14-2004, 07:32 PM	#3
jazzrack Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: still kicking Posts: 3,229	sorry, i didn't see the other thread. __________________ . "Never confuse composure for ease" Was once Head Cheese of Corporate League Baseball

08-14-2004, 07:32 PM	#4
jazzrack Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: still kicking Posts: 3,229	we do have the WC, and no the "losing team" did not get the WC spot. another strange thing was 2 teams in a different division had a 1 game playoff when neither team was in the hunt for a WC spot or Division crown. __________________ . "Never confuse composure for ease" Was once Head Cheese of Corporate League Baseball Last edited by jazzrack; 08-14-2004 at 07:34 PM.

08-14-2004, 07:45 PM	#6
jazzrack Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: still kicking Posts: 3,229	I guess we were ASSUMINg that we would have a 1 game playoff, and after all the drama we had to close the season. 2 races were being decided on the final day, 1 game involed both team in the WC race (that one went 19 innings, and we broadcast that one. That was GREAT drama) It was just a letdown to not have that 1 game playoff. __________________ . "Never confuse composure for ease" Was once Head Cheese of Corporate League Baseball