The Official 2006 Minnesota Twins Season Thread® - Page 57

molarmite · 09-17-2006, 10:39 PM

You were right, I was thinking about 14 for a division win. The Tigers magic number for a playoff spot would be 9 then.

MorseMoose · 09-17-2006, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

Because the Tigers are 5 games up on a playoff spot, but the Twins are only 4 games up on a playoff spot. You're right that the Tigers is 13, but I think the Twins would be 14.

You don't know what the magic number is.

The magic number tells you how many wins or loses until you clinch the position you are in for the playoffs. So:

The Tigers are in first place in the division. They are only one game up of the Twins. Their magic number is 13 which means that they need a combination of 13 games where the Tigers win, or the Twins lose.

The Twins are in second place in the division, but are in the wild card lead. They are four games up from the team in second in the wild card race. A combination of 10 games where the Twins win, or the White Sox lose.

Basically, if the Twins win 10 straight and the Tigers win ten straight, the Twins and the Tigers have a playoff spot clinched. Then there would just be three more games to determine the divisional leader.

In other words, since the Twins are already 3 more games ahead of the White Sox than the Tigers ahead of the Twins...the Twins are closer to the playoff spot they currently hold.

This probably doesn't make much sense, which is probably why they typically don't do magic numbers for wild card teams (especially when the Wild Card team is just one game out of first place in their division).

MorseMoose · 09-17-2006, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

You were right, I was thinking about 14 for a division win. The Tigers magic number for a playoff spot would be 9 then.

What? You can't be in second and have a magic number for the division win.

So yes, the Tigers magic number for a playoff spot is nine...but you don't do it like that. They're magic number is 13 for the division, the Twins magic number is 10 for the wild card. Leave it at that...

molarmite · 09-19-2006, 03:26 PM

I know we had an off day yesterday, but c'mon where's the support?

MorseMoose · 09-19-2006, 04:00 PM

I had trouble cheering for Chicago yesterday, but now that Detroit won the first game; I'm gonna have trouble cheering for Detroit to sweep...although cheering for Detroit is easier than cheering for Chicago.

magnet · 09-19-2006, 04:34 PM

I'd like to win the division, so Detroit can lose the rest.

eriqjaffe · 09-19-2006, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by magnet

I'd like to win the division, so Detroit can lose the rest.

I'd like Chicago to win the wildcard or the division, so Detroit can also lose the rest.

Green & Gold Heart · 09-19-2006, 06:45 PM

I'd like either Detroit or Chicago to win the division because I don't want to play you guys in the first round. :P

magnet · 09-19-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Green & Gold Heart

I'd like either Detroit or Chicago to win the division because I don't want to play you guys in the first round. :P

We don't want to play the Yankees!

molarmite · 09-19-2006, 09:06 PM

Go Twins.

MorseMoose · 09-19-2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by magnet

We don't want to play the Yankees!

If we're gonna play that Yankees, I want to play them in the first round. It won't happen, but a five game series against the Yankees suits us better. At least I think so.

magnet · 09-19-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MorseMoose

If we're gonna play that Yankees, I want to play them in the first round. It won't happen, but a five game series against the Yankees suits us better. At least I think so.

Yeah, you're probably right.

Jonzard · 09-19-2006, 09:38 PM

Yankees don't scare me.

magnet · 09-19-2006, 10:05 PM

Morneau 4 MVP!

dougfireghost · 09-19-2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by magnet

Morneau 4 MVP!

5*

magnet · 09-19-2006, 10:15 PM

twins win!

Jonzard · 09-19-2006, 10:22 PM

And Det is going to lose

MorseMoose · 09-19-2006, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by magnet

Yeah, you're probably right.

I'm still looking for the Twins to have the best record come playoff time.

Jonzard · 09-19-2006, 11:28 PM

1/2

molarmite · 09-20-2006, 03:40 PM

Looking good.

09-17-2006, 10:39 PM	#1121
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09-19-2006, 03:26 PM	#1124
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09-19-2006, 09:06 PM	#1130
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09-19-2006, 09:38 PM	#1133
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Yankees don't scare me. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

09-19-2006, 10:22 PM	#1137
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	And Det is going to lose __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

09-19-2006, 04:00 PM	#1125
MorseMoose Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,023 Infractions: 1/1 (1)	I had trouble cheering for Chicago yesterday, but now that Detroit won the first game; I'm gonna have trouble cheering for Detroit to sweep...although cheering for Detroit is easier than cheering for Chicago.

09-19-2006, 04:34 PM	#1126
magnet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,029	I'd like to win the division, so Detroit can lose the rest.

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Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	I'd like either Detroit or Chicago to win the division because I don't want to play you guys in the first round. :P

09-19-2006, 10:05 PM	#1134
magnet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,029	Morneau 4 MVP!

09-19-2006, 10:15 PM	#1136
magnet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,029	twins win!

09-19-2006, 11:28 PM	#1139
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	1/2 __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

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