Thought Exercise: Major League Baseball
Some changes I thought would be interesting:
32 teams
- Oakland Athletics > Las Vegas Athletics
- Expansion: Charlotte Knights
- Expansion: Nashville Stars
2 leagues, 4 divisions, 4 teams per division
156 game regular season
- Division (36 games): 12 games with each opponent
- Interleague Division (24 games): 6 games with each opponent
- League Cross-Division (72 games): 6 games with each opponent
- Interleague Cross-Division (24 games): 3 games with each opponent in 2 of 3 divisions; rotate unplayed division
14 team playoff: best-of-5 wild card round & ALDS/NLDS; best-of-7 ALCS/NLCS and World Series; #1 seed in each league gets a bye to the divisional series
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Alignment
American League
Central: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins
East: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees
South: Charlotte Knights, Nashville Stars, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers
West: Arizona Diamondbacks, Las Vegas Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, Seattle Mariners
National League
Central: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals
East: New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays
South: Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, Washington Nationals
West: Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants
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Sample Schedule - Chicago Cubs
Division - 12 games each: Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals
Interleague Division - 6 games each: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins
League Cross-Division - 6 games each: Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals
Interleague Cross-Division - 3 games each:
Year X - Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Charlotte Knights, Detroit Tigers, Nashville Stars, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees
Year Y - Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Las Vegas Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners
Year Z - Arizona Diamondbacks, Charlotte Knights, Las Vegas Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, Nashville Stars, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers
(This post was last modified: 02-07-2024 01:17 PM by BePcr07.)
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