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Old 09-13-2013, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
Whatever happened to the magic number? Around this time of year when a team had a good lead we'd always hear about the magic number. If I'm not mistaken, the magic number for the Red Sox right now is 6. any combination of Red Sox wins or Ray's losses and the Sox win the division. Am I correct?
Last I heard, the magic number for the division is 8. For just making the playoffs, it is 6. But the team with the best record overall gets to play the wildcard winner in the first round, not a division winner.
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