Guest Juanky Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 As of Right Now (Dodgers game still in progress), here are the magic numbers for clinching over different teams: Phillies: 7 Cubs: 6 Dodgers: 6 Arizona: 3 Montreal: 2 St Louis: 2 With a win tomorrow, the # over the Phils will be 6. That will give us a chance to win the wild card on Thursday if we sweep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugg Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Not if the Cubs and Dodgers keep winning. We could eliminate Philly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanleylicious Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Can someone please explain to me how this works. and what it means. I've been watching baseball for a long time but i dont get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugg Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 The Marlins magic number to eliminate Philly is 7. So, any combination of Marlins wins and/or Phillies losses that add up to 7 means they're eliminated. It drops one when we win, drops one if they lose...and it can't get higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 (Other teams wins + Other teams' remaining games) - Leader's wins + 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanleylicious Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 I get it now i think thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Not if the Cubs and Dodgers keep winning. We could eliminate Philly though. Well, Philly would be done. We'd lower the others by 4 at least if we clinch over Philly on Thursday, So if the Dodgers lose today and once more couple with two Cub losses before or on Thursday and its over. So I like our chances of clinching Thursday or Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83Gator Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 While our magic number over Montreal and St. Louis is 2, they've both been eliminated from the Wild Card race. Since the Phillies and us both have 85 wins now, and since we play 3 games against Philly, either us or the Phillies will get at least 87 wins. The most the Expos and Cards can win is 86 games. They can catch either us or Philly, but not both. Same thing with Arizona - the best they can do is tie. We need to get to 90 wins, with 2 of the wins against Philly. That would eliminate everybody except the Cubs/Astros and the Dodgers and they'd have to win out just to tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Not taking into account the Dodgers (losing right now to SD 6-0) and the Astros (who if they lose will re-enter the race because they will be tied with the Cubs), here are the updated magic numbers after the fine win today: Phillies: 6 Cubs: 5 Dodgers: 5 Arizona: 2 Montreal: 1 St Louis: 1 How sweet it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nielsosky Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 At the beginning of the season, how many people thought we'd be talking about eliminating St. Louis in a game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83Gator Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 At the beginning of the season, how many people thought we'd be talking about eliminating St. Louis in a game? St. Louis was eliminated from the Wild Card Saturday. They can't catch both us and the Phillies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 The Astros lost, so now it has to look like this: Phillies: 6 Astros: 5 Cubs: 5 Dodgers: 5 Arizona: 2 Montreal: 1 St Louis: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramp Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Montreal and St Louis are ALREADY eliminated... dont you read what 83Gator writes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Montreal and St Louis are ALREADY eliminated... dont you read what 83Gator writes? But there is still a magic number for some funny reason. They'll both be gone from the list by tonight anyways. (BTW, LA lost so here it is going into tomorrow's action) Phillies: 6 Astros: 5 Cubs: 5 Dodgers: 4 Arizona: 2 Montreal: 1 St Louis: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Going into Wednesday's game (hope to see some of you there!): Philadelphia: 4 Houston: 3 Dodgers: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnylons Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 We sweep Philly, it is over. All we really have to do is win one more against Philly and then take the series against the Mets - but we could even win only 1 game and still have a chance. The Phils take on the Braves next - who are fighting for home field advantage with the Giants. Also, why are we slated to play the Giants? Isnt the WC team supposed to play the team with the best record? If the Braves pass the Giants, and it could happen, wouldnt we end up playing the Braves in the first round? I would actually prefer that. :cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshFish Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 We sweep Philly, it is over. All we really have to do is win one more against Philly and then take the series against the Mets - but we could even win only 1 game and still have a chance. The Phils take on the Braves next - who are fighting for home field advantage with the Giants. Also, why are we slated to play the Giants? Isnt the WC team supposed to play the team with the best record? If the Braves pass the Giants, and it could happen, wouldnt we end up playing the Braves in the first round? I would actually prefer that. :cool My understanding is that WC winner is never to play their own division winners on the first round. I guess, some kind of rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 We sweep Philly, it is over. All we really have to do is win one more against Philly and then take the series against the Mets - but we could even win only 1 game and still have a chance. The Phils take on the Braves next - who are fighting for home field advantage with the Giants. Also, why are we slated to play the Giants? Isnt the WC team supposed to play the team with the best record? If the Braves pass the Giants, and it could happen, wouldnt we end up playing the Braves in the first round? I would actually prefer that. :cool My understanding is that WC winner is never to play their own division winners on the first round. I guess, some kind of rule You are correct. Wild Card teams are not allowed to play teams from their own division in the first round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nielsosky Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 We could clinch tommorow! Magic number=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossInfoMan Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 The magic number is now 2 over the Phillies, Astros, and Dodgers. The Dodgers still have yet to play tonight at San Diego. The Marlins can clinch the Wild Card tomorrow if: 1. they beat the Phillies 2. the astros lose tomorrow AND 3. the dodgers lose either tonight or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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