Comments on: Updating Tie Scenarios, AL Wild Card and Beyond

By: Hurtlockertwo

Hurtlockertwo — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:33:05 +0000

Dunn has 220 strikeouts with two games to go, four more strikeouts in two games is very possible.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:12:50 +0000

The first table is a portion of a table that appeared in an article on Friday. It shows the number of wins each team would have reached based on compiling the record at the top of the column over its final 6 games. It was color-coded to show potential ties that could take place. Some of the boxes are now blank based on how the teams performed in their Fri-Sun series.

The second table is the same thing for the final series for all teams that could end up with a game 163.

The original article is linked in the first paragraph.

By: Barkey Walker

Barkey Walker — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:22:04 +0000

What happens if a game goes too late into the night and the umpires call it? It would basically just be a sudden death game the next day without pinch hitting and starters being used in place of relievers, right?

By: chuckb

chuckb — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:53:39 +0000

It’s very frustrating in trying to read this article that nowhere does it explain what the tables are telling us. Are the numbers percentages? Is it telling me that the O’s have a 95% chance of making the playoffs if they go 6-0? I don’t know how we are expected to understand and comment on a graphic without any sort of legend or explanation about the values therein. Maybe you think it’s self-explanatory but I can tell you it isn’t.

By: TKDC

TKDC — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:25:57 +0000

They could tie if they tied.

By: Bobbee

Bobbee — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:00:24 +0000

Actually, A’s-Texas cannot tie. Texas is up by 2 games, so A’s win division if they sweep, but if Texas gets even 1 game they take the division.

By: a13x75

a13x75 — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:27:02 +0000

Oh yeah, whoops, I still had all the hypotheticals in my head if the angels had swept them last series, that was stupid.