Magic Number

[bork]

Is it too soon to start the magic number thread?

 

[liveforoctober]

Well there is no looking back now. Good to see you this early in August, Rollie.

[dlk9s]

Rollie wasn't afraid to enter a game before the ninth.

[Underachiever]

Rollie wasn't afraid to enter a game before the ninth.

This made me laugh.

[Baldkin]

[formerlybis]

I had to look up how to calculate a magic number and it's different from what I thought. The formula is (# of games remaining for the leading team + 1) - ((# of losses for trailing team) - (# of losses for leading team)).

 

So as of this morning, Aug. 18, the Brewers have played 120 games, leaving 42 games left. Add 1, which is 43.

 

Difference in losses:

Cin 9 (Magic number 34)

StL 10 (Magic number 33 - Stl has played 2 fewer games than MKE, which explains why the magic number isn't lower)

Cubs 22 (Magic number 21)

Pitt 31 (Magic number 12)

 

Wild card contenders (one of each group will win their division):

Atl 9 (34)

Phi 11 (32)

NYM 13 (30)

 

SF -5 (48)

LAD -1 (44)

SD 8 (35)

[BruisedCrew]

I had to look up how to calculate a magic number and it's different from what I thought. The formula is (# of games remaining for the leading team + 1) - ((# of losses for trailing team) - (# of losses for leading team)).

 

So as of this morning, Aug. 18, the Brewers have played 120 games, leaving 42 games left. Add 1, which is 43.

 

Difference in losses:

Cin 9 (Magic number 34)

StL 10 (Magic number 33 - Stl has played 2 fewer games than MKE, which explains why the magic number isn't lower)

Cubs 22 (Magic number 21)

Pitt 31 (Magic number 12)

 

Wild card contenders (one of each group will win their division):

Atl 9 (34)

Phi 11 (32)

NYM 13 (30)

 

SF -5 (48)

LAD -1 (44)

SD 8 (35)

 

You can get there a lot faster without looking at number of games remaining.

 

For example, if you want to calculate the Brewers magic number to eliminate the Reds it’s:

 

163 minus (Brewers wins plus Reds losses)

 

Today that is 163- (73+56)= 163-129=34

[Underachiever]

How many games can the Reds win if they win all their remaining games? Currently 65-56, so 106 is the most they can win.

 

How many do the Brewers need to win to get from their current 73 to 107? 34.

 

That's how I do magic number. Seems a lot easier.

[bork]

[jodo23]

[StearnsFTW]

How many games can the Reds win if they win all their remaining games? Currently 65-56, so 106 is the most they can win.

 

How many do the Brewers need to win to get from their current 73 to 107? 34.

 

That's how I do magic number. Seems a lot easier.

 

 

Same. Pretty simple.

[pitchleague]

huh, I always thought the easiest way to find out the magic number was to just let someone else do the work and then read about it in a thread like this.

[tigerbrew]

[MrTPlush]

huh, I always thought the easiest way to find out the magic number was to just let someone else do the work and then read about it in a thread like this.

 

There is a site that stays pretty up to date on this all year long.

[Eye Black]

The easiest way to view the magic number against all MLB teams in real-time is through this website:

 

Playoff Magic

[PinaMadness]

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

[Harold Hutchison]

 

Now, it's 32...

Edited August 19, 2021 by clancyphile

[tigerbrew]

[CheezWizHed]

Wow. Jeffress did return this year afterall...

[rickh150]

 

 

Game against Tigers 2018… Game 161?

[rickh150]

Then again, maybe 2018…. NLDS Game 2?

[CheezWizHed]

Wow. Jeffress did return this year afterall...

 

I should've put it in blue... I knew he wasn't with the team, but made his "return" in the Magic Number thread...

[MrTPlush]

Then again, maybe 2018…. NLDS Game 2?

 

Well....certainly not the 2018 NLCS

 

It has to be the postseason though as he has a patch on both sleeves. EDIT: Or the bazillion towels in the background would be a good clue.

[PinaMadness]

This needs to be updated.