The Magic Number Thread

sublime · #1 09-04-2005, 03:34 PM

This is open to all fans of first place teams to count down the games needed for your team to clinch first place.

Currently the Red Sox magic # is 25

sublime · #2 09-04-2005, 04:28 PM

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This is open to all fans of first place teams to count down the games needed for your team to clinch first place.

Currently the Red Sox magic # is 25

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24

IHateKeithSmart · #3 09-04-2005, 04:33 PM

Braves - 21 as best I can calculate

The Armchair · #4 09-04-2005, 04:56 PM

http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseball/

sublime · #5 09-04-2005, 05:19 PM

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http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseball/

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do the numbers change the same way they do with the 'magic number'?

LBJ · #6 09-04-2005, 08:30 PM

It's easy to calculate the magic number.

total games in a season - team a's wins - team b's losses + 1

that is the number to calculate the magic number of catching a team

Toro · #7 09-04-2005, 08:35 PM

Too early for this, wish you hadn't done this. Stay humble.

Jack of Arcades · #8 09-04-2005, 10:16 PM

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Too early for this, wish you hadn't done this. Stay humble.

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You afraid of jinxes?

DougOzzzz · #9 09-04-2005, 10:25 PM

I've been counting down ever since I figured out the meaning of kyro's thread.

jstnrgrs · #10 09-05-2005, 12:11 AM

I usually keep track of the magic number from opening day when its 163.