So much for playoff races. The FNFT Wild Card is now 1-1 in executing it's intended purpose of keeping more teams alive later in the year. By virtue of the fact that Jake and Tom happened to be in the same division, the FNFT wild card race had all of the drama of a Venezuelan election. So it goes - maybe next year.
As we head into the final siesta week of the season (a siesta week is one with no Tuesday game - Tief can just mail it in for a few days) the playoff picture is all but set.
Jake and Tom have clinched playoff spots. One will be the division winner and one will be the wild card. It is guaranteed that they will face each other in the first round of the playoffs in the first-ever 4-game FNFT Wild Card Playoff. The division winner must win 2 of the 4 games to win that series. The wild card team must win 3 of the 4. Given theoretical mathematical probabilities, the division winner has an 11 in 16 chance (69%) of winning the series, so this division race is very important to the playoff picture. Jake's magic number to beat Tom is 10, with 16 games remaining. If Jake and Tom were to tie for the division lead, the one-game playoff to determine the division champ would, in essence, be the first game of a traditional best of five series.
Avery leads Brett by 15 games and his magic number to win the division is two. It is a virtual certainty that Avery will return to the FNFT postseason after a 7 year absence. He has never lost an FNFT postseason series.
John leads Joe in the Lachmann Division by only three games. His magic number is 14, Joe's magic number to beat John is 20. If John holds on for the division title it would set up a Moops vs. Moors best of five Divisional Playoff Series.
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For the first time, we will be using flex-scheduling in the playoffs and World Series, meaning that each playoff series will start as soon as it can on the next Tuesday or Friday. The schedule of days is:
Tuesday, Aug 25 - Divisional Playoff Game 1, Wild Card Playoff Game 1
Friday, Aug 28 - Divisional Playoff Game 2, Wild Card Playoff Game 2
Tuesday, Sep 1 - Divisional Playoff Game 3, Wild Card Playoff Game 3*
Friday, Sep 4 - Divisional Playoff Game 4* or W.C. Playoff Game 4* or W.S. Game 1
Tuesday, Sep 8 - Divisional Playoff Game 5* or W.S. Game 1 or 2
Friday, Sep 11 - World Series Game 1 or 2 or 3
Tuesday, Sep 15 - World Series Game 2 or 3 or 4
Friday, Sep 18 - World Series Game 3 or 4 or 5*
Tuesday, Sep 22 - World Series Game 4 or 5* or 6*
Friday, Sep 25 - World Series Game 5* or 6* or 7*
Tuesday, Sep 29 - World Series Game 6* or 7*
Friday, Oct 2 - World Series Game 7*
* if necessary
If we need a 1-game playoff on Tuesday, Aug 25 to determine division winners in either the Yost or Lachmann Divisions, the Divisional Playoff Series will be moved back one slot and will include a double header game on Saturday, Sep 5.
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What happens to the online roster system during the playoffs? Nothing. Everyone will still have access to it. I am trusting that the teams not in the playoffs will not make any pickups (because you're not allowed to.) Otherwise it will continue to function as it has all season.
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I'll be doing a lot of blog updates from here on out surrounding the playoffs and pennant races. Check back often.
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Great job with the online system, it worked beautifully. The Moops v. The Moors was suppose to be a championship showdown, but this works. The last time we met, I called on Osama Bin Ladin to disrupt the MLB schedule so John's pitching rotation would get all messed up (the rest was simply collateral damage, which was already factored in). I'd feel better this year if I hadn't given away Criff Ree. The more I think about it, the more I believe the whole wildcard team needing 3 wins is unfair. Let's vote on it again next year.
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