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6 to eliminate those pesky Pirates.
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Here's a site designed about a decade ago with the help of one of my friends at Cal-Berkeley. It's more accurate than the other magic number sites I've seen because it writes the MLB schedule into the formula. The numbers represent the number necessary to clinch a "tie" and force a one-game playoff (like in 1999). So I always add 1 to the magic number.
http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseb...al_league.html
At start of play on the morning of August 29, the Reds' magic number for reaching the playoffs is only 29.
29!