2 THINGS

[johnsain]

1. My team just finished with the league's best record (102 wins) and I'm playing the 2nd place team in my division in the playoff's first round (they have 99 wins and have the 2nd best record in the league). We are the best 2 teams in the league and one of us won't be represented in the finals. Does this happen in the real MLB? If not, this really needs to be changed!

2. Why do all the Left/Right stats go out the window during the playoffs? The time you really need to study them most intensely!

Thanks for your responses.

[LMBombers]

[quote:2709eb45a6="johnsain"]1. My team just finished with the league's best record (102 wins) and I'm playing the 2nd place team in my division in the playoff's first round (they have 99 wins and have the 2nd best record in the league). We are the best 2 teams in the league and one of us won't be represented in the finals. Does this happen in the real MLB? If not, this really needs to be changed![/quote:2709eb45a6]

If you are asking if a division winner with the best overall winning pct. can play a Wild Card team with a better record than some of the other division winners then yes this can happen in real baseball. The only thing different about this from real baseball to TSN SOM is that in real baseball if you have the best record and the Wild Card team comes from your own division then you won't play each other in the first round. However if the Wild Card team comes from a different division and has a better record than the 3rd division winner then you still have to play the Wild Card team.

Sometimes this works to your disadvantage like in your case. Sometimes it works to your benefit. Just think if you were the manager of one of the other 2 division winners in your league. They are sitting back and watching the 2 best teams in the league duke it out knowing one of them will be eliminated. It all evens out over time and anyway......you have to beat the best to be the best.

[quote:2709eb45a6="johnsain"]2. Why do all the Left/Right stats go out the window during the playoffs? The time you really need to study them most intensely![/quote:2709eb45a6]

They don't. Go to League statistics and click on a team you want to look at. There you will find the L/R splits.

[markp65]

John - There is a thread within the strat "suggestions" forum where we've asked Bernie to make a change to the playoff seeding format because of the problem you cited. You might want to post a "me too" to the thread. It's called "2007 suggestions."

[johnsain]

If there has been a suggestion to that effect and it hasn't prompted a change - I wonder if it matters anymore.

Regarding the Lefty/Righty stats....duh, I participated in a bunch of playoffs without knowing those stats were still accessible. Thanks LMB.

[maligned]

[quote:f3551c9492="johnsain"]If there has been a suggestion to that effect and it hasn't prompted a change - I wonder if it matters anymore.[/quote:f3551c9492]

The thread is about suggestions for the upcoming 2007 game--not past games. Actually, TSN has implemented a lot of our suggestions in the past. This could still be changed. No information has been released about the '07 changes yet.