Anything is possible. It is possible the Pirates will take the division. I don't have a problem with declaring that at some point it 's like a 12-0 lead in the 9th. I do have a problem with Bill James' formula, mostly because it doesn't factor in head to heads where 1 outcome has the effect of 2 otherwise. I think I saw somewhere that there is at least 1 time when someone satisfied the formula and didn't win: 34 Giants losing to the 34 Cards. I don't think the 95 Angels and 51 Dodgers make it since their high points were with a lot of games left.