can someone explain to me how MLB configures its playoffs. Who gets in, how? Wildcard?
467068
yeah its easy\n\nBasically there are 2 leagues... the american league and the national league.  Now each league sends 4 teams into the playoffs.  There are 3 divisions in each league... and the winner of each division (east, central, west) goes into the playoffs.  In addition to those teams, there is also one wild card team in each league.  The wild card team is the team with the best record who does not win the division.  \n\nSo basically, Atlanta, St Louis, San Francisco wins their divisions... then the next best record is Houston, so Houston gets the wild card.
229719
You can't have a *balanced* 15 game schedule with 7 teams - to keep it balanced you need to have games played be a multiple of 6. 6, 12, 18, ...  My experience - just go with the 15 game schedule - use it to create a seeding for a playoff format ... that way there's less sensitivity about potential *unfairness* of having to play a particular team more than some other team might have to play that same team.
1169658
Usually 10 to 12 depending on the manager selecting the team.\n\nEach team consists of 32 players, selected in one of the following ways, listed in order:\n\nFan voting: Baseball fans vote on the starting position players for the All-Star Game, with ballots distributed at baseball games before mid-season and, more recently, on the Internet. When the game is played at an American League park, the designated hitter for the AL team is also selected in this manner. \n\nPlayer voting: As of 2005, pitchers and one back-up player for each position are elected by the other players. If the top vote-getter at a certain position is also being voted in via fan voting, then the second-place finisher in this category is chosen for the team. \n\nManager selection (first): The manager and the Commissioner's Office will fill the roster up to 31 players. \n\nFinal vote: After the lists of 31 players for each league is announced, fans will vote for one additional player, chosen from a list of 5 players provided by the manager and the Commissioner's Office. \n\nManager selection (second): After the final vote, the manager and the Commissioner's Office will replace players who are injured or declined to participate. Each major league team is guaranteed to have at least one player selected to participate, though single players from poor teams are occasionally not used (Detroit's Dmitri Young, in 2003, was the last to be selected and not be put into the game by the manager).
729147
A total of 12 teams get in. Each conference has four division champs and two wild-card teams which advance to the playoffs.
388788
haha i have tickets to that game but im a stros fan\n\n\nand baseball is played out??? at least baseball's playoffs dont take 3 months...
924348
Well....you got yourself into a little trouble here.I can't imagine nobody noticed this while playing week in week out.\nBut the anwer is...you can't,unfortunately.I've checked in a league that i commish but the playoff settings are locked.\nNow you have 2 options:do it yourself and let the owners mail their lineups,or find a site that you can still start a league at.(maybe fanball.com...not sure)
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There are two confrences. East and West. There are 3 divisions in each conference. Eight teams from each conference advance to the playoffs.  The three teams that win there division get the top three seeds (1,2,&3 are based on who has the better record of the 3)the remaing 5 seeds are based on record within the 3 divisions within there respective conference.  Any tiebreakers that determine seeding or even qualifying for the playoffs are  determined by head to head matchups or conference records.
565392
I wish they would. It would be good for baseball. However, they need to win their division or be the wild card before they can compete for the right to play in the World Series. Both are highly unlikely in the next three years. They just do not have the talent/
862018
My guess is that all the MLB stuff is licensed centrally.  You will need to deal with whomever does MLB Marketing.
282965
for the playoffs, this is how it goes for each of the two confererences (eastern conference and western conference):\n\nthe first three teams are the teams with the best records (win-loss percentage) in their divison.  the rest of the teams from #4 down are ranked according to their record.  this gives an incentive for a team to win their division. each conference has 3 divisions.  \n\nsome divisions contain teams that win a lot and some divisions have teams that don't win a lot.  that's why there's teams who are ranked higher but are division leaders even though they lose more than others teams who win a lot but are not division leaders.
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You get into a league(public is a random league, and private is one with an i.d# and password.)Then with a minimum of 4 teams, you can get a "live draft"(one where everyone shows up and chhoses their players on-line)or a automated draft.(each team pre ranks players and the computer determines the teams.)Then, you can trade players, claim them off the free agency and waivers, and then comes playoffs. The commish for private leagues chooses the playoff format. For public leagues, playoff format and point distributation is default. Whoever wins the playoffs wins the league! Have fun next year with FF!
1114495
The yanks are not done because the have a gajillion dollars to waste. They will pick up a bat and a pitcher before the end of the month for cash and a player to be named later. They will still challenge the Jays for the wildcard spot.
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Rules for picking your favorite team:\n\n1) You can only have one favorite team.\n2) once selected you can only change your favorite team under extraordinary circumstances. \n\nNow how do you pick your team?\n\nThe easist and most rational method is to support your hometown team.  You live in Columbus, so you don't really have one, but the Reds and Indians, both being from Ohio warrent consideration.  \n\nAlso, in Columbs you have the Clippers which is the AAA afiliate for the Washington Nationals.  This would be a great option because you can start rooting for these players at a reasonable price while they are promising stars on the come.  And then transfer that right into watching MLB games.\n\nA final way is to look around the league and find a franchise that you think is run well and pick them.  Of course if you do this you must remember rule number 2, there is nothing worse than a bandwagon jumper, to truly be a fan you have to stick with them through the bad times, it makes to good times that much better.  Also remember if you go this route don't choose the Yankees, 'cuz that's like rooting for the house in blackjack.
110462
NO WAY. sorry. but the braves are still in their division and as long as it stays that way they won't win a pennant and it'll be too tough this year for them to get the wildcard i think.
63420
To answer than question first you must ask can they beat the Pats??ok how about 2 times?yes ok then you got div champs...if the beat them just once then then you got wildcard hunt....zero times...playoffs who said anything about the playoffs!!!i think they will be a wild card contender team next year..Go smokey...i mean ricky!!!
716404
A few questions - unless I'm missing somethiing here.\n\n1.  Each team has to play 19 games in order for all to play each other?   That means 190 games in that time frame?\n\n2. Not familiar with the term 'pitches'.  Is this another word for 'playing fields' ?  \n\n3. If it's youth football - is there a time limit to the game?\n\n4. Do you have to schedule a playoff at the end?\n\n---------\nOK -  You obviously sustained a moment of insanity when you volunteered for this.  \nYou have your hands full on this one. \nI'm still trying to digest it all. \nWill let you know if I come up with something.\nGood luck Mom!
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It is easy to understand, just like many other tournaments. \n\nThe first place team plays the eigth place team. The second place team plays the seventh place team, and so on. The other thing to note are the three divisions in each conference. The three winners of each division (Northeast, Atlantic, Southeast) for the Eastern Conference are automatically seeds 1, 2, and 3 depending on who has the most points. Seeds 4 - 8 are determined by the five next best teams, even if the fourth place team has more points than the division-leading third place, they are still seeded 4th in the playoffs. \n\nAfter the first round, the highest place team left plays the lowest place, the second highest plays the second lowest. For example if teams 1, 3, 5, and 7 are left...team 1 will play 7, team 3 will play 5