New rule?

[laserbomb]

Individual wins don't count any more, after every series we add up the runs in that series and award a series sweep worth of wins and losses either way. For example, the Brewers won all 3 last week against the Astros, 19-6, but the Braves won all 4 this weekend, 12-15.

 

I'm not positive but I have a feeling the 2007 Brewers would come out better by 5+ games this season that way, and that'd be kind of a lot considering you're probably winning most of the games if you score the most runs in a series anyway.

 

If anyone is intrigued enough to put twenty minutes into it to see either way, I'd be interested in what you as chief technician come up with. You also get to decide what happens if they tied in any 3-game series. http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/grin.gif

[RightFieldCoder]

So basically all games are now 27 innings long and stretch out for 3 days. So I can buy tickets to the Middle 9 Innings of the game against Pit? And you can't really go back and "figure out" our record. If you start blowing out a team, they stop caring and run scrubs out there (see: 30-3).

[billyhallfan]

i would never want that, teams take it one at a time.

[Menotti80]

i dont get it... the braves didn't win all 4 this weekend...

[Patrick425]

He is saying that because the Braves scored more runs in the series they get credit for the series win (4 games)...under his "new rule".

[brewers19]

I'm guessing (hoping?) laserbomb wasn't serious about actually having this implemented, but rather just curious about what the outcome would be like if this were to be the case.

[laserbomb]

In order, yes;

 

yes, no one would expect you to spend 72 hours at the park at a crack, can you imagine how drunk some people would get and the players probably wouldn't stay the whole time either;

 

you are technically correct and in the future teams would probably have to adjust some strategies to better fit the rule change;

 

probably almost no one would want to go and see the first quarter of a game that ends 3 days later, but thanks for weighing in;

 

you're right, Patrick's right, and the Astros didn't lose all three last week either, unfortunately;

 

and 19's right too, all the come-from-ahead losses got me wondering. Our runs scored are in the top third of the NL, runs allowed are right in the middle, and it's felt like a lot of close losses. I was curious about what the division race would look like if wins were added up in a way that kind of cancels out some of the lost leads in a way. Nothing big, maybe there was a chance someone wouldn't be able to sleep, get up, check bf and be curious and far enough from sleep to see how it'd fall out. Nothing realistic, just a little break from thinking about 3 GB. Some program for instant replay has to be the top priority this offseason anyway, before they mess with the parts of the game that are working consistently well. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[rluzinski]

Our runs scored are in the top third of the NL, runs allowed are right in the middle, and it's felt like a lot of close losses.

 

RS: 766

RA: 744

Record: 80-76

Expected Record*: 80-76

 

* Exp. Record = pythagorean record = games x [RS^2/(RS^2 + RA^2)]

 

Record in:

1 run games: 21-21

2 run games: 13-10

3 run games: 15-12

4 run games: 7-12

5 run games: 6-5

6+ run games: 18-16

 

Record in Extra innings: 7-6

[laserbomb]

Thanks RLuz, I wouldn't have guessed 4-run games left them worst off. I think that makes the whole silly idea even sillier, there probably wouldn't be much difference at all.

 

Hope everything's going great with you and the family!

[M Skjellyfetti]

I just checked, and I got 70-79-6, counting yesterday's win as a 1 game victory. However, I'm missing a game somehow, so this isn't completely accurate.

I do think it's close enough to say that we would have a losing record, though.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Do something like hockey, where you get 1 "point" for a victory on a given day, and say like, 2 points to whichever team scores the most runs in a series.

 

That way each individual day still means something in the greater scheme of things.

[logan82]

Man, if we had just gone .500 in those darn 4 run games we would be atop the division now.