Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Magic Numbers (as of 7/29 PM)

With 10 games to play...

NL North:
Cleveland- 6
St. Louis- 16
Rochester- 18

NL East:
Pawtucket- 5
Norfolk- 17

NL South:
New Orleans- 9
Memphis- 13
Richmond- 15

NL West:
Colorado Springs clinched division championship, first round bye, #1 seed.

NL Wildcard:
Salt Lake City- 5
Memphis- 10
Richmond- 12
Norfolk- 14
Tuscon- 17

AL North:
New York- 5
Fargo- 17

AL East:
Charlotte clinched division championship.

AL South:
Jacksonville- 3
Housotn- 19

AL West:
Fresno- 10 (playoff berth clinched)
Cheyenne- 12 (playoff berth clinched)
Kansas City- 15

AL Wildcard:
Fresno/Cheyenne- clinched berth
Kansas City- 3

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Magic Numbers (As of 7/26 PM)

The regular season ends in just 7 days. 8/1 PM2 cycle is the last day, with the playoffs starting one week from now.

A magic number is the number of combined wins/opponents losses needed to clinch the division (or wilcard). In terms of second & third place teams, their magic number always pertains to the losses needed by the first place team. Also in three-team races, the first place teams magic number always pertains to losses needed by the second place team.

Let's look at each teams magic numbers. Only teams mathematically still alive (MN of 36 or smaller) are listed.

NL North:
Cleveland: 18 (Playoff Berth: 18)
St. Louis: 20
Rochester: 21

NL East:
Pawtucket: 14 (Playoff Berth: 14)
Norfolk: 25

NL South:
New Orleans: 17 (Playoff Berth: 16)
Richmond: 21
Memphis: 22

NL West:
Colorado Springs: 7 (Playoff Berth: 3)
Salt Lake City: 33

NL Wildcard:
Salt Lake City: 16
Richmond: 18
Memphis: 20
Norfolk: 22
Tuscon: 26
Texas: 31


AL North:
New York: 14 (Playoff Berth: 14)
Fargo: 25
Trenton: 31

AL East:
Charlotte: 8 (Playoff Berth: 8)
Atlanta: 31

AL South:
Jacksonville: 10 (Playoff Berth: 10)
Houston: 28
Little Rock: 34

AL West:
Fresno: 19 (Playoff Berth: 6)
Cheyenne: 21
Kansas City: 25

AL Wildcard:
Cheyenne: 7
Kansas City: 11
Houston: 28
Scottsdale: 34
Little Rock: 34
Atlanta: 35

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Computer Rankings - 7/21 AM - Season 10




Underachievers


1. Texas Tittyballs: 9.96

2. New York Thunder: 7.344

3. Cheyenne ChilliPeppers: 4.552

4. Detroit Tigers: 4.424

5. Monterrey Cervezas: 4.344



Overachievers


1. Huntington Cousins: -6.792

2. Atlanta City Slickers: -4.864

3. Colorado Springs AltiDUDES: -4.616

4. Scottsdale T's: -4.536

5. Hartford Defenders: -4.384




Computer Rankings



RankTeamRecordRPIComputer Score
1Colorado Springs AltiDUDES85-430.5341
2Cheyenne ChilliPeppers83-450.5120.991
3Salt Lake City Dodgers77-510.5250.977
4Pawtucket Polythene78-500.5310.976
5Fresno Fire Dragons81-470.50.961
6Kansas City Shuffle78-500.5060.953
7Jacksonville Juggernauts80-480.4950.949
8New Orleans Breeze76-520.5120.948
9Memphis Hound Dawgs75-530.5080.947
10Charlotte knights73-550.4940.92
11Norfolk Nomads70-580.5130.919
12Richmond Moonshiners II72-560.5090.918
13Tucson Turbocors68-600.5020.901
14Houston Aggies73-550.4920.9
15Texas Tittyballs63-650.4880.893
16Little Rock Big Rocks66-620.4780.873
17Scottsdale T's67-610.4830.863
18Atlanta City Slickers64-640.4860.854
19San Francisco Sourdoughs58-700.4820.846
20New York Moon Shots61-670.4810.837
21Fargo Nines60-680.4770.828
22New York Thunder50-780.4750.815
23Cleveland Steamers53-750.480.814
24Rochester Raging Rhinos53-750.4780.814
25St. Louis Birdnals53-750.4820.806
26Monterrey Cervezas53-750.4630.804
27Huntington Cousins53-750.4830.798
28Hartford Defenders52-760.4660.78
29Indianapolis Racers44-840.4620.751
30Scranton Dunder-Mifflins39-890.4540.732
31Detroit Tigers35-930.440.702
32Trenton Terror55-730.3790.701

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Computer Rankings - July 13th PM - Season 10




Underachievers


1. Texas Tittyballs: 7.95

2. New York Thunder: 5.866

3. Detroit Tigers: 5.648

4. Monterrey Cervezas: 4.852

5. Cleveland Steamers: 3.99



Overachievers


1. Huntington Cousins: -7.674

2. Scottsdale T's: -5.226

3. Hartford Defenders: -4.72

4. Houston Aggies: -3.912

5. fasdargo Nines: -3.876




Computer Rankings



RankTeamRecordRPIComputer Score
1Cheyenne ChilliPeppers72-340.5351
2Jacksonville Juggernauts68-380.5210.966
3Colorado Springs AltiDUDES66-400.5290.949
4Pawtucket Polythene63-430.5290.943
5Fresno Fire Dragons65-410.5180.94
6Salt Lake City Dodgers62-440.5210.937
7Kansas City Shuffle63-430.5220.937
8Memphis Hound Dawgs63-430.5170.928
9New Orleans Breeze63-430.5130.918
10Houston Aggies62-440.5230.917
11Norfolk Nomads60-460.5180.911
12Charlotte knights59-470.5150.91
13Richmond Moonshiners II60-460.5220.909
14Texas Tittyballs53-530.4990.883
15Tucson Turbocors57-490.5080.883
16Little Rock Big Rocks53-530.4990.87
17Scottsdale T's56-500.5070.865
18Atlanta City Slickers52-540.50.843
19Fargo Nines52-540.4990.84
20New York Moon Shots51-550.4950.834
21Trenton Terror47-590.4950.828
22San Francisco Sourdoughs47-590.480.814
23New York Thunder43-630.4750.8
24St. Louis Birdnals46-600.4840.799
25Monterrey Cervezas42-640.4730.789
26Huntington Cousins47-590.4860.788
27Hartford Defenders45-610.4840.786
28Rochester Raging Rhinos43-630.4760.784
29Cleveland Steamers40-660.4740.777
30Indianapolis Racers35-710.4670.732
31Scranton Dunder-Mifflins34-720.4620.731
32Detroit Tigers27-790.4550.696

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Computer Rankings - July 7 (AM) - Season 10

A day late but here goes:




Underachievers


1. Texas Tittyballs: 7.873

2. Detroit Tigers: 5.756

3. New York Thunder: 5.224

4. Jacksonville Juggernauts: 4.334

5. Scranton Dunder-Mifflins: 3.395



Overachievers


1. Huntington Cousins: -7.511

2. Scottsdale T's: -4.59

3. Fargo Nines: -4.506

4. Atlanta City Slickers: -3.597

5. Houston Aggies: -3.495




Computer Rankings



RankTeamRecordComputer Score
1Cheyenne ChilliPeppers62-290.6942
2Jacksonville Juggernauts57-340.6548
3Memphis Hound Dawgs57-340.6248
4Colorado Springs AltiDUDES57-340.6236
5Fresno Fire Dragons56-350.6126
6Kansas City Shuffle55-360.6052
7Salt Lake City Dodgers53-380.5946
8Houston Aggies54-370.5702
9Texas Tittyballs47-440.5682
10New Orleans Breeze52-390.5674
11Norfolk Nomads52-390.5614
12Pawtucket Polythene51-400.5612
13Charlotte knights50-410.5532
14Tucson Turbocors51-400.551
15Richmond Moonshiners II52-390.5488
16Scottsdale T's51-400.53
17Little Rock Big Rocks44-470.5056
18Monterrey Cervezas40-510.461
19New York Moon Shots43-480.458
20Fargo Nines44-470.454
21San Francisco Sourdoughs40-510.4502
22Trenton Terror41-500.4492
23Atlanta City Slickers43-480.449
24New York Thunder37-540.4412
25St. Louis Birdnals39-520.4206
26Huntington Cousins42-490.4122
27Rochester Raging Rhinos36-550.4014
28Cleveland Steamers33-580.3804
29Hartford Defenders35-560.3622
30Indianapolis Racers31-600.3446
31Scranton Dunder-Mifflins28-630.3302
32Detroit Tigers23-680.2908