Divisional Series: Saturday, midnight CST

[General]

Please send in your lineups, trim your rosters to 25, and post games 1-5 starters here. I'll sim the whole thing in one fell swoop.

[realmofotalk]

Wait a minute. So nothing can be done about my Cards getting screwed out of the playoffs because they played 163 games while the wildcard winner Reds played the normal 162?

[General]

Unfortunately, no. OOTP has advanced to playoff mode, which impedes what I was going to do (have Cards-Cincy play a one-game playoff).

EDIT: No, that's a lie.

I'll send out a PM.

[Providence A's]

but then if St. Louis wins they'll have played an extra game...Cincinnati would have to play another to game to even it out...'cause then they could be tied theoretically and have another 1-game playoff

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Toronto:
Game 1: Erik Bedard
Game 2: Chris Young
Game 3: Ray Dean
Game 4: Jeremy Sowers
Game 5: Bedard

Sent you a PM with my moves

[Kingdom]

Quite a condundrum eh

[NYgiantsfan5689]

This is my first OOTP playoff series. Can I activate guys from the DL in the middle of the postseason? Or do I have to do it at the beginning of the postseason?

[Doppelgänger]

Rock, Paper, Scissors.

[bjd2933]

Dodgers:

Game 1: Jake Peavy
Game 2: Sean Marshall
Game 3: John lackey
Game 4: Andy Pettitte
Game 5: Jake Peavy

[General]

but then if St. Louis wins they'll have played an extra game...Cincinnati would have to play another to game to even it out...'cause then they could be tied theoretically and have another 1-game playoff

Actually, you're completely wrong.

If Cincy wins, nothing changes.

If St. Loo wins, the standings look like this:

St. Louis: 92-72
Cincy: 91-72

Which means that St. Louis wins the wildcard, I imagine.

[DravenX]

LA Angels:

Game 1: C.C. Sabathia
Game 2: Hayden Penn
Game 3: Roy Oswalt
Game 4: David Purcey
Game 5: Mike Stearns

I'll keep my lineups the same.

[Providence A's]

Actually, you're completely wrong.

If Cincy wins, nothing changes.

If St. Loo wins, the standings look like this:

St. Louis: 92-72
Cincy: 91-72

Which means that St. Louis wins the wildcard, I imagine.

no, I'm not completely wrong you tool.

Obviously, if CIN wins, then nothing changes.

If STL wins, then they would have played an extra game and it's the same scenario again.

They need to have played the same amount of games for it to be fair. If STL wins, then CIN needs to play another game against someone to have played the same number of games. If CIN wins that game, then they'd be tied again and would have to play a 1-game playoff.

Of course, you could just have CIN play someone else to begin with...if they lose, 1 game playoff, if they win then they're in...either way, they both would have played the same number of games.

[realmofotalk]

St. Louis was tied with Cincinnati at 91-71 at the 162nd game mark. St. Louis' 72nd loss occurred in a 163rd game that shouldn't have been played. St. Louis deserves the one-game playoff.

[Providence A's]

no doubt...perhaps the schedule maker will fix that issue for the future.

[HollywoodLeo]

I agree

It should be a simple Reds-Cardinals one game playoff

winner is in, loser sits at SIMhome