From: kbos@carina.unm.edu (Kurt "Some Guy" Bose)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: A divisional formula (was Re: Expanding the Playoffs
Date: 23 Nov 92 14:15:47 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Nov22.005525.32074@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> mlsa@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN) writes:
>In article <1em14vINNbjh@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler
>) writes:
>>
>>A.L East         A.L. Central         A.L. Midwest        A.L. West
>>Baltimore       Chicago             Cleveland           California
>>Boston          Kansas City          Detroit             Oakland
>>New York        Tampa Bay            Milwaukee          Phoenix
>>Toronto         Texas               Minnesota           Seattle
>>
>>N.L. East        N.L. Central       N.L. Midwest       N.L. West
>>Buffalo          Atlanta              Chicago           Denver
>>New York    Charlotte or New Orleans   Cincinnati      Los Angeles
>>Philadelphia     Houston               Montreal        San Diego
>>Pittsburgh        Miami                St. Louis       San Francisco
>>
>>alternative would be to place the Easts and Central in a conference within
>>a league, and have the teams play 22 division games with each team,
>>then 2 home and away series with each team in their conference, for
>>66+48 games.  Then, play 6 games with each team from the other conference,
>>for 48 more games and a total of 162.  It would depend on whether the
>>latter is too likely to cause a division to have a winner go about 70-92.
My old fantasy league team used a 162 game schedule as the second one above
with a 16 team league and got a division winner below .500.  On the other hand,
another team in the league had 120 wins...

>The concept is good, but why not put a team in Washington D.C. as Part of
>either the NL East in place of Buffalo or in the AL East, The Washington Post
>has previously stated that Baltimore would not object, moving Toronto to the
>AL midwest where geographical rivalries will develop with Minnesota and
>Detroit.  Then Tampa Bay would not get a franchise, but hey no big deal there.

Well, to appease those in DC, Buffalo, and Tampa, I suggest dropping Phoenix.
In the first place, the snowbirds move away in summer, so the population of 
Phoenix is much lower.  In the second place, it's hot even at night.  I get
more dehydrated playing night games in Phoenix (but it's "dry" heat) than in
day games in Abq.  Third, Phoenix has had low attendance in the PCL since I've 
been tracking seasonal attendance.  (Actually, I'd say that putting a team in
Albuquerque would be a better idea, and not just because I live here.  If a
major league team were to keep prices down, I can see this region of half a
million people draw 1.6 million.  And I honestly have a problem seeing Phoenix
drawing that many...)


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