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Originally Posted by gmo
I played with some numbers, and it appears I can trim back from 13 two-game series to only 2 and keep the same layout otherwise with the number of offdays and the time frame in which it fits. However, that would require splitting the 16 games against the opponents 8H/8A against only 1 other team, 7H/9A against 3 teams, and 9H/7A against the remaining 3 league teams.
MLB does those kinds of slightly uneven splits frequently, but I can understand wanting to have perfect home/away balance. Again, the only way to really trim out the two-game series and maintain all the even 8H/8A splits would be to go with all 4-game, which would require giving up on the days of the week maintaining meaning as the series would run through whatever days where they fell. For instance the first matchups could go Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu, then the next set could be Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue after a Fri offday or Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon then with a Tue offday.
So just let me know if you'd like to try either the slightly uneven H/A splits or the all 4-game series route.
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Thanks for looking into this, GMO. I'd like to try the 4-game series route. Sounds neat as both pitching staffs will be involved in every series. I'm not as big a stickler for the weekend series as I am for a perfectly balanced schedule. Plus, with two fine schedules I'd be able to switch out schedules after a decade or so and both will be perfectly balanced.