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blineimages wrote:5) Run differential modifier. Still gathering data on this, but in the past 6 months I have had a large number of teams be either lead the league in run differential (or be 2nd) and not even make the playoffs. The number of series where I have had these kind of results has increased significantly--- my team loses games like 2-3, 3-4 and then wins one game in the series 17-1. Yes, this kind of skewed result can certainly happen normally now and then, but when it happens on a regular basis, red flags go up. I am in the process of gathering data on the number of series where this factor has come into play.
Been playing this game since ATG 1 and those who know me, know that I have long been a conspiracy theorist. And I pretty much agree with all of them. But your point about Run Differential is spot on. My teams are almost always top 1 or 2 in run differential in nearly every league I play (yes because of the types of teams I typically build) and yet my championship % isn't nearly where it "should" be.
Perfect example: I have two leagues finishing up tonight where I have the best R/D in the leagues:
In one league I will likely end up playing the #1 seed despite having a Pythagorean record 15 games better than the other division winner who holds the tie breaker against me for the #2 seed.
And in the other league I might miss the playoffs altogether despite having a Pythagorean Record 15 games better than the team I am tied with right now.
So yeah ... I believe there is something going on behind the curtain and no one will convince me to the contrary.