by Detroit-Tigers » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:10 pm
Divisions
4 divisions of 6 teams each (East, Central, Midwest, West)
Schedule split
60 games within your division (37% of 162), 102 games outside your division (63% of 162)
Playoff format
the 4 Division winners make the playoffs
2 rounds: Semi-Finals (best of 5), Finals (best of 7)
Seeding: The Top Seed (the team with the best regular season record in the league) plays the Bottom Seed (the team with the worst record) in the Semi-Finals. The other two teams play each other in the other Semi-Finals series. The team with the better record has home-field advantage in each series.
Prize structure
The team that wins the Finals for its league will receive free credits towards 3 additional Strat-O-Matic Baseball Online seasons. The team that loses the Finals for its league will receive free credits towards 2 additional Strat-O-Matic Baseball Online seasons. The other 2 Division winners will receive 1 free credit each.