MAGIC NUMBER This isnt diary/fanpost worthy but i dont think this should be a fanshot, but I...

MAGIC NUMBER

This isnt diary/fanpost worthy but i dont think this should be a fanshot, but I think we need a Magic Number meter on the side bar....

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I agree, but some people might not

Magic Number to eliminate Dusty is 15. Its 31 to win the division

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by nji232 on Aug 19, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply actions

i agree

but most on here seem to not like magic numbers for superstitious (i.e., illogical, nonexistent) reasons

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by joeschmitt on Aug 20, 2008 2:14 AM CDT reply actions

+1

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by wnielsen on Aug 20, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually there is very little supersitition from my side

Its just a number thats too much until it gets lower into the 20s.

I think it’s just his face. - dat cubfan daver

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Aug 20, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions

maybe when the magic number is low

when it gets down to 10, maybe?

by nathew on Aug 20, 2008 2:43 AM CDT reply actions

+12000345

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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 22, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I have a thought about this.

I’m thinking I’ll post it if and when it gets below 20. Anyone agree?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Aug 20, 2008 4:10 AM CDT reply actions

for the superstitious, would it be fine to eliminate teams. the nats will be toast sooner or later this week. once we get to a point where only milwaukee or st. louis remains, that would be a good thing.

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by tim815 on Aug 20, 2008 7:26 AM CDT up reply actions

That could be in about a week

Certainly when it gets to single digits and it would be nice to tick off the other teams as they are eliminated, like Reds, Pirates, Astros.

The one constant has been . . . baseball.

by Weeghman Park on Aug 20, 2008 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions

20 sound about right

I will confess to counting down the magic number since the All Star break.

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by nji232 on Aug 20, 2008 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions

Privately, just to yourself, right?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Aug 20, 2008 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions

i've had an excel program since early may

by tim815 on Aug 20, 2008 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions

20 seems fair

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by Bill Potter on Aug 20, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions

It is fine, Al

Question – are you going to use the division magic number (currently 31) or the playoff spot magic number (currently 28)?

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by wnielsen on Aug 20, 2008 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Division title number...

… since the Cubs are in first place, going for the division.

Will make a note, though, if/when the Cubs clinch a playoff spot.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Aug 21, 2008 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Another option...

would be to note the Elimination number of teams in the division (if you could work it into the standings that show up already that might be the best spot for it).

It would give similar info and yet it might also avoid the superstitious people from complaining because it isn’t about the Cubs magic number so much as its about the other teams not having a chance to catch them.

As it stands now the numbers are: CIN – 15, PIT – 17, HOU – 24, STL – 28, MIL – 31

Those are just for the division and not the playoffs (WC).

by CubFan81 on Aug 20, 2008 10:04 AM CDT reply actions

Any chance we can clinch this thing on Sept 18th?

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by MikeOxbyg on Aug 20, 2008 11:12 AM CDT reply actions

I'll see what I can do.

"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07

by RynoHoF on Aug 20, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions

sep18th

funny you ask….i’m headed out of the country for the last week of the season and sep 18 will be the last game i see other than 162 which i’m pretty confident will be meaningless.

so last night i figured it out….the cubs need to outperform the brewers by 4.5 games from now until that day to clinch on sep 18. meaning if they outplay them by 1.5 going into that series vs. the brewers, they would need to sweep. so it will probably remain possible until then as long as the cubs play well until then, which seeing the schedule (cin, wash, pitt, hou twice, cin again) is very possible.

it would be fun to clinch it head to head at wrigley during that series.

by GreenLantern411 on Aug 20, 2008 12:19 PM CDT reply actions