First place Cardinals

[longhornbaseball]

With a win, the magic number will be 154. :cowbell:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

With a win, the magic number will be 154. :cowbell:

Less, actually. The magic number at the start of the season is about 154, depending on how many times you play each team in the division.

[jim]

With a win, the magic number will be 154. :cowbell:

Less, actually. The magic number at the start of the season is about 154, depending on how many times you play each team in the division.

I think the magic number is 162 to tie at the start of the season. Your magic number might go up by 2 in one game, but it starts at 162.

I think.

[mcgee51taguchi99]

With a win, the magic number will be 154. :cowbell:

Less, actually. The magic number at the start of the season is about 154, depending on how many times you play each team in the division.

According to this site each team starts the season with a magic number of 163, makes sense to me.

http://www.cardinalsmagicnumber.com/

[StatmanCrothers]

Well. The magic number is between you and a specific team. The total number of your own wins plus the other team's losses that will clinch you a better record than that team.

So. If you win 82 games and the other team loses 81 games, you have it clinched, because the worst you could do is 82-80 and the best they can do is 81-81. So the magic number at the start of the season is 82+81=163.

Cards have won 5 games. Reds have lost 4 games. 5+4=9. 163-9=154.

Our magic number vs the Reds is 154.

[WentCrazy]

Less, actually. The magic number at the start of the season is about 154, depending on how many times you play each team in the division.

And just like that, 100 years of futility is explained.

[obucard]

Wait I thought our season was over last week.

Apparently not.