Braves Division Elimination Countdown

[Guest Edgy DC]

[metirish]

[Guest Edgy DC]

[Willets Point]

1. Can someone post the formulae for magic numbers/elimination numbers?
2. Can we do this for the Mets other NL East rivals too? It would nice to see them all dropping away over the next 6 weeks.

[Guest KC]

Not sure we need formulae - eek, I said formulae ...

Any combo of Mets' wins and whoevers' non-wins I think works just fine.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Philadelphia is at 32. Florida is also at 30. Washington is at 26.

[Elster88]

This really hasn't sunk in to me yet. Either that or I don't care as much as I used to.

We haven't won an East title in 18 freaking years. This is fun.

[Willets Point]

KC wrote: Not sure we need formulae - eek, I said formulae ... Any combo of Mets' wins and whoevers' non-wins I think works just fine.

Well that's just it. I don't know how the rest of you figure out the Mets magic number and the elimination numbers for the rest of the team. Maybe formulae is not the right word. Just tell me how you do it.

[Elster88]

Yancy explained it nicely in the Standings thread.

You find the maximum number of wins that a team can get this year (162 minus losses), and the magic number is the number of wins the Mets would need to surpass that maximum.

[Elster88]

Example:

Mets 70-45
Braves 55-60

Maximum number of wins the Braves can get = 162 - 60 = 102
Number of wins the Mets need to surpass that = 103 - 70 = 33

[Guest Edgy DC]

Or just take the numbers I posted above, and subtract one for every Met win or a loss by the given team

[Frayed Knot]

The lowest "tragic number" for being eliminated from a division belongs - not surprisingly - to the Royals.

Their Max wins = 85; Tigers need just 10 more for 86

Elimination from the WC is a bit tougher to figure because ALL the teams in front of you can't lose ALL their games since, in a number of cases, they're playing each other.
But, suffice to say, the Royals aren't going to the post-season this year.



Elimination from the NL WC will be real tough to figure in advance because there's such a log-jam and so many contender-v-contender match-ups since the Pirates, Cubs, Nats and (maybe) Giants are the only ones who don't still have a punchers chance at it.

[Elster88]

The formula works the same though.

[Guest Edgy DC]

She's takin' on water.

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[stevejrogers]

The number currently is 26

[metirish]

[stevejrogers]

Ah why don't ya just pour a pint of Killegans in celebration ya lassie!

On second tought, I should PM that lad Rockin' Doc and suggest that great Irish Red beer as a beer of the game, rather than any piss poor water that Coors crap came up with.

I swear, they must have gotten the water out of the Liffey its so bloody bad!

[Guest Edgy DC]

She's takin' on water.

                      __  __  __
                      II  II  II
                 _____II__II__II_____
            _____I                  I_____
            I                            I
____________I____________________________I____________
\                                                    /
 \                 S. S. Atlanta              O     /
  \                                           K    /
vvv\vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv/vvvv

[metirish]

]I swear, they must have gotten the water out of the Liffey its so bloody bad!

Duan might not like that statement.....

[stevejrogers]

Ah just fooling with ya! Just came up with first Irish river that came to mind!

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[Guest Edgy DC]

Dublin is to Dubliners a dear auld dirty town
It`s getting dearer every year and hard to earn a pound
And as for the Liffey that gash through the city,
It`s thicker than treacle or chalk
It`ll soon be so grim that instead of a swim
They`ll be holding the Liffey walk

The first couplet there has changed since that song was written. Maybe the last four lines have hope also.

[Guest Edgy DC]

[Guest Edgy DC]

Florida 4, Atlanta 3

[stevejrogers]

Sweet. They make a set with a Vic Wertz swining some 400+ feet away?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I had some Aurora models as a kid. They made a series of classic monsters, like Phantom of the Opera and Dracula.

[Guest Edgy DC]

New York 2, Colorado 0

[stevejrogers]

FYI, the number for Braves Postseason elimination is sitting at 34

[Guest Edgy DC]

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 3

[Willets Point]

It occurs to me that it's entirely possible the Mets may officially end the Braves divisional championship streak while the Braves are in town in two weeks. That would be delicious.