Three way tie

[jordsjays]

Im commisioner of the Praire Baseball League and was wondering if you could tell me how a three way tie for the wild card will be decided,please let me know asap so i can post it in the league forum:rolleyes:

[James Grove]

http://www.ruz.com/baseball/tie.html

[James Grove]

When there is a tie which affects only the determination of the wild card team and not the determination of a Division Champion, the tie shall be broken as follows:

a. Tie between two teams, in any divisions. The League President shall conduct a coin flip to determine the site of a playoff game between the two teams, the game to be played the day after the conclusion of the championship season. The winner of the game shall be declared the Wild Card team.

b. Tie among three teams, in any division. If the tied teams have identical records against each other, the League President shall supervise a draw which results in the tied teams being designated the A, B and C teams. A will play B at the home field of A, the day after the conclusion of the championship season. The following day, C will play the winner of A-B at the winner’s home field. The winner of the game shall be declared the Wild Card team. When, however, the tied teams do not have identical records against each other, their designation as the A, B or C teams shall be determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in subparagraphs 2(b) (1-4) above.

[James Grove]

Now the question is...

Is Baseball Mogul smart enough to conduct these complicated playoff game scenarios...?

I don't know. We'll have to ask Clay.

-James

[jordsjays]

thanks for the quick reply now lets just hope the sim can deal with this problem.

[alexanbo]

yeah it should be interesting to see what happens there... now one team finished 1 game back of the three teams and another team finished 2 games back what happens if 4 or 5 teams tie for the wild card? Does the same logic hold more or less? ie the team with the best record against the other three play the one with the worst record of the other three etc... and then what do you do with 5 teams... perhaps i just have too much time on my hands....

[dturkenk]

If you want to see a 3 team tie - check out NABL.

It ended up being 4 playoff games between Houston, Philadelphia, and Colorado