In-Game Schedule Thread

[Matt]

Since I brought this up in the other thread I figured I would generate a new topic so it didn't get lost. I know we had some issues last season with the schedule so I did a little research for the league.

Here are the schedules I was able to locate that apply to our league setup. Number 2 and 3 are the same...but 3 has no interleague games.


link - 24 teams, 162 games, {2S/3D/4T}, interleague, posted 2006/06/09

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This is a home-grown schedule for a 24-team major league:

2 sub-leagues of 12 teams, 3 divisions of 4.

Each team plays 162 total games:

--14 games against division rivals: one 4-game and one 3-game series home and away. One of the 3-game series is over 4 days.
--12 games against the teams in the other divisions of the same sub-league: one 3-game series home and away.
--2 games against each team in the other sub-league, in a single home-offday-away interleague series. Thus, the schedule has complete balance, unlike the silliness that is the actual MLB schedule these days.

There are 56 series dates (47 3-day, 9 4-day) plus a three-day all star break
The season is 180 days, from April 4 thru September 30, 2006. Opening day is the first Tuesday in April.
There are 672 total series, 144 division, 384 intraleague, 144 interleague.

There are a series of divisional games to begin and end the season. In the middle, the interleague series are split up so that the off days don't all coincide. I might have tweaked it a bit to ensure that:

--there are no long home stands or road trips
--the home-away-offday interleague series's are not random but are assigned so that road trips and home stands are extended

link - 24 teams, 162 games, {2S/3D/4T}, interleague, posted 2009/01/31

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# 24 team schedule, 162 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 2 subleagues, each with 3 divisions, each with 4 teams
#
#
# 20-21 games against each of 3 other teams in division (10-11H/10-11A)
# 7-9 games against each of 8 other teams in league (3-6H/3-6A)
# 3 games against each of 12 teams in other subleague (3H or 3A)
#
#
# No cases of more than 20 straight days without offday
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 14 games
#
# All game times set at 7:05pm
#
# Season begins first Monday on or after April 1st
# Season thus ends late September/early October
#
# All-Star Game set for first Tuesday on or after July 9th
#

link - 24 teams, 162 games, {2S/3D/4T}, no interleague, posted 2009/11/24

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# 24 team schedule, 162 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 2 leagues, each with 3 divisions, each with 4 teams
#
# 22 games against other 3 teams of division (11H/11A)
# 12 games against other 8 teams of league (6H/6A)
# no interleague games
#
#
# No cases of more than 20 straight days without offday
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 14 games
#
# All game times set at 7:05pm
#
# Season begins first Monday on or after April 1st
# Season thus ends late September/early October
#
# All-Star Game set for first Tuesday on or after July 9th

[funclown]

Is there any possible way just to play ONE division in the opposite league??

Example

60 Games Division (20 per team) {30hm/30aw}
88 Games League (11 per team) {44hm/44aw}

14 Games Interleague (3 games- two teams/ 4 games- two teams) {7hm/7aw}

Each year the interleague divisions rotate.

Just a thought.

[Matt]

You can set up any schedule you want but it would be a pain and you'd have to change it every season...not worth the hassle IMO.

I like option #1. 14-12-2 is better than 20-7-3.

[Carlos]

Not sure which I prefer. I like the idea of Interleague, but I'm not sure I like the two-game series set-up. It's interesting, though.

I think it's fair to have more games against your own division, but then I like the idea of more balance by having a 14-12-2.

[Clay]

Of these 3, I like option 1 the best. Not sure I love any of them, but that's me.

[Delandis]

I wish there was a midpoint between 1 and 2. However, if I had to choose it would be #2.

[Matt]

These are the only ones I found on the OOTP forums that fit us. We don't have to switch schedules by any means but I figured it was something to throw out there.

Of course Prez likes #2 he wants to play Batavia 20 times if possible!

[Andrew]

I think we should just continue with the one we've been using unless people have major issues with it.

If we switch to one of these schedules it will throw the service time out of whack again.

EDIT - The details for the schedule we've been using is:

24 team schedule, 162 games
Designed for the following configuration:
2 leagues, each with 3 divisions, each with 4 teams

54 games in the division (27H/27A)
18 games against other 3 teams of division (9H/9A)

96 games outside division, in league (48H/48A)
12 games against other 8 teams of league (6H/6A)

12 interleague games (6H/6A)
3 games against 4 teams in one division of other league

Each set of 9 home or away intradvision games
are divided into a 2-game, a 3-game, and a 4-game series.
The 6 2-game series are combined into 3 4-game blocks.

Interdivision & interleague games are all in 3-game series

20 of the last 32 games for all teams are intradivisional.

Offdays only on Mondays and Thursdays, except at All-Star Break.

No more than 20 consecutive days without offday

No homestands or roadtrips longer than 14 games

Two leagues very nearly copies of each other except
for interleague play.

There are three schedules so interleague division rotates

[Carlos]

I like that schedule. We should go back to it. ;)

[Matt]

Andrew wins.