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Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-22 02:11:29 +0000

(The wild card is a lot of fun this year- Cleveland and the aforementioned Yankees are both half a game behind the A's. I'd love to see the Indians get in there.)

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-08-22 12:31:38 +0000

Magic numbers are gay. <a href="http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseball/">RIOT</a> is where it's at.

I will settle for nothing less that the MFY not making the playoffs.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-24 17:34:39 +0000

34.

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-24 18:03:26 +0000

what does the "GL" column mean on RIOT? anyone, anyone? Bueller?
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Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-24 18:08:21 +0000

GL = games left.

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-24 19:20:59 +0000

Of course. You heard it here first, kids... Ladew is the baseball dummy....



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Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-25 04:47:05 +0000

33. Shoulda been 32 tonight.

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-25 12:54:55 +0000

Maybe Schil as starter will be beter than Schil as closer. I'll refrain from more Alec Baldwin fagens, thank you.
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Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-25 16:44:33 +0000

Bronson looked great in his first inning. Gonzalez has been pitching well, too.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-09-02 20:10:41 +0000

So the Sox are three games behind Chicago for best record in the A.L.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-09-08 02:41:41 +0000

Magic number is 21 following tonight's win (Bronson! Cora!) and the MFY's 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay. Three games vs. the aforementioned MFY start on Friday.

Oh, and today is the anniversary of the beginning of the 1978 Boston Massacre.

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-08 02:52:46 +0000

<a href="http://128.32.125.151/~baseball/american_league.html">RIOT</a> says 20 to clinch first. 25 Games Left.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-09-08 02:55:57 +0000

Hmmm. They're up by four with 25 left- is 20 to clinch a first place tie, maybe?

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-08 03:08:35 +0000

It probably considers the number of games left with New York. There are six left. So, if they win 20, which would include beating New York once, they clinch. Put another way, if the five they lost were to New York, then they'd still make take first place. Is that right or am I d-r-u-k?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-09-08 04:47:30 +0000

We play the Yankees 6 times (sept 9,10,11 and sept 30, Oct 1,2), so if we only lose 5, we must beat the Yankees once.

ROIT (and tgl) again are correct...

Posted by frame609 on 2005-09-08 06:44:29 +0000

Per the RIOT web page:

The first place clinch number is the most similar to the commonly reported magic number. If the team wins this number of additional games, it is guaranteed to finish <i> in at least a tie for first place in its division </i>.

'At least a tie' is the key thing here. The RIOT number to clinch at least a tie is 20, 24 for the Yankees. Add one to clinch not a tie, dig?

The magic number is 21.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-09-08 13:11:12 +0000

Indeed, to clinch not a tie is 21, however, usually, when the RIOT and magic numbers are different it is not due to this, it is the head to head factor. In September it can get interesting, as the RIOT numbers and magic numbers can be off by a few.