That is something that will, in all probability, never be revealed. The company that MLB contracts with to do their scheduling is called Sports Scheduling Group, who is based in Butler, Pennsylvania. SSG also does scheduling for the several NCAA conferences including the Atlantic Coast Conference and Colonial Athletic Conference. Evidently, sports scheduling is very lucrative and SSG refuses to divulge how they go about creating schedules.
Regular season baseball games between the American League and National League are simply referred to as "interleague games." These games occur when teams from the two leagues face each other during the regular season, rather than during the World Series or All-Star Game.
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The Major League Baseball season begins in April with Opening Day and ends in October with the World Series. Opening Day for the upcoming 2010 season is on April 4th.
There are 30 MLB teams and each plays a 162 game schedule, so 4,860 games are scheduled to be played each regular season.
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The Phillies are a baseball team in Philadelphia. Their season schedule can be found on the Phillies' website as well as on the Major League Baseball site.
All the major league baseball teams agree on a schedule of playing among themselves, with each team playing 161 games. Anything that happens after that, the playoffs, the league championships, the World Series is all after the regular season, hence post-season.
yes, in a four-game series, one of those games could be a double-header
November: League sends schedule questionnaires to each team to gauge their preferences. December: Questionnaires due back to league. January: Scheduling starts as soon as possible. July: Tentative schedule sent to players' union to review for possible contract violations. September: Teams can begin announcing their schedules for the next season.
When the American League expanded to 10 teams in the 1961 season their schedule was lengthened to 162 games. When the National League expanded to 10 teams in the 1962 season their schedule was lengthened to 162 games.
Wait for it to be published. When the schedule is announced most web sites will print the schedule on their site (of course, this is after the conclusion of the MLB season)
Regular season baseball games between the American League and National League are simply referred to as "interleague games." These games occur when teams from the two leagues face each other during the regular season, rather than during the World Series or All-Star Game.
71,239 in the 2009 season.
The Arizona Fall League is associated with the sport of baseball. It is operated by Major League Baseball and is an off-season league which attracts some of the top minor league prospects in baseball.
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