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Baseball's Magic Number
September 26, 2005
If you happen to be a baseball fan this is the week that you live for all season. The final week, a time for playoff baseball before the playoffs.
If you root for a team that is contending for the playoffs you are well aware of the term "Magic Number". I happen to be a Cleveland Indians fan and have been following them rather closely as of late, and have been intriuged by how they calculate a magic number.
I searched all over the internet only to come up short in my quest for a good definition until, I found a footnote on the Major League Baseball standings page (go figure). Here is the note in part:
"...The Elimination Number for a particular team is determined by adding their number of losses to the number of wins for the team leading the division, and subtracting that total from 163. The Elimination Number for the second place team is the "Magic Number" for the first place team...."
Well, there are a lot of numbers flying around, magic or not, but what really counts is what the players do on the field. So buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks, and let's have some fun watching the final week of the season.
Go Tribe!
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posted by Brent Sharp at September 26, 2005 09:20 AM
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Comments
I concur, GO TRIBE!!
Posted by: Adam Hollingsworth at September 28, 2005 11:37 AM