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On 14 April 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to MLB schedule. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Corrections of brute facts

Let me warn against the two "Sources" although I suspect some sloppy clerical work by a 'pedian. By reference to Retrosheet today I corrected the numbers of games scheduled for 1877 and 1889 and the maximum numbers of games played for all five NAPBBP seasons.

The 19th Century World's Championship Series' were individually scheduled and followed no set pattern.

Same as 1903 but never mind. --P64

1871-1876

The prose explanations at "Regular season" and its new "1871-1876" subsection are probably too long, including material that should go in the main text and, of course, in National League.

For now I can do only this "out of place" explanation. --P64 18:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

disorganized

The article is disorganized. Confusing for someone not already knowledgeable about the subject. Needs editing. joo-yoon 00:56, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Probably that remark means the prose article.)

The presentation of data might benefit from a wikitable ordered by years rather than by leagues. The table would use abbreviations to identify the leagues and it would include the main points but leave some details to the text. The details for 1998, for example, are too long for a cell in a table. --P64 (talk) 17:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe there should be one subsection with its own table for 1871-1876 (before the leagues scheduled their members), another for 1877-1968 (when the leagues set balanced schedules), and another beginning 1961/62 covering (a) the balanced and unbalanced arrangements for scheduling 162 games, (b) the adaptations to cancellations in 1972 '81 '94 '95. Here is one suggestion for 1877-1968.

1877-1968 (balanced league schedules)

		differing	number of	number of	"Series"
year	year	leagues	Games	Pairings	each pairing	Note
1877	1878		60	5 rivals	12 games (6 home)
1879	1882	NL	84	7 rivals	12 games (6 home)
1882		AA	80	5 rivals	16 games (8 home)
1883			98	7 rivals	14 games (7 home)
1884		AA	110	11 rivals	10 games (5 home)
1884		NL,UA	112	7 rivals	16 games (8 home)
1885			112	7 rivals	16 games (8 home)
1886	1887	NL	126	7 rivals	18 games (9 home)
1886	1887	AA	140	7 rivals	20 games (10 home)
1888	1891		140	7 rivals	20 games (10 home)
1892			154	11 rivals	14 games (7 home)
1893	1897		132	11 rivals	12 games (6 home)
1898	1899		154	11 rivals	14 games (7 home)
1900	1903		140	7 rivals	20 games (10 home)
1904	1918		154	7 rivals	22 games (11 home)	1918 curtailed by war
1919			140	7 rivals	20 games (10 home)
1920	1960		154	7 rivals	22 games (11 home)
1961		NL	154	7 rivals	22 games (11 home)
1961		AL	162	9 rivals	18 games (9 home)
1962	1968		162	9 rivals	18 games (9 home)

I don't know much about wiki-tables or I might do better with the column headers. Maybe the approach would be more effective with one "tall" line for all the 140-game seasons, another tall line for all the 154s. There would be multiple lines only for timespans at the left margins. Then the timespans would not be in chronological order overall. --P64 (talk) 14:14, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Best of...

Best of 7 Best of 5

Don't say best 4 of 7 or best 3 of 5Duarcain (talk) 23:15, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal of Merger into the Major League Baseball article

This article does not seem to be stable enough to stand on it's own. Maybe it should be merged into the Major League Baseball article? That's just my idea. Sjoldzic101 (talk) 07:34, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Include an example?

[This was inserted at the top of the page 18 hours ago, then signed by a robot. --P64 (talk) 20:08, 3 May 2011 (UTC)][reply]

I agree with assertions that this article is very hard to understand to someone who does not already understand the topic. I would suggest, (since I still don't really understand) including an example from recent years using a current MLB team. This would clarify some of the points, such as why or how the existence of divisions is played out in terms of one specific team's schedule. Otherwise, one can read the article but is still left to wonder why it seems like the Giants play Colorado every other week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.226.251.211 (talk) 02:33, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Interleague play 2015

Concerning the 20 interleague games every team now plays, we say regarding 2013 and 2014 that 16 of 20 (quote) were determined by a match of divisions, one from each league; all teams in a given division play all teams in a given division from the other league. (Each plays a three-game series against four teams from the designated division and two two-game series against the remaining team.)

The matched divisions rotate annually:

   AL East vs. NL West (2013), vs. NL Central (2014)
   AL Central vs. NL East (2013), vs. NL West (2014)
   AL West vs. NL Central (2013), vs. NL East (2014)

Each team played its four other interleague games against a designated "natural rival", with two games in each club's city.

For 2015, AL East vs NL East, Central vs Central, West vs West. Those division matches include all of the special rivalries. All 20 games will be played within those divisions in numbers 6, 4, 4, 3, 3. For example, Boston plays 6 Philadelphia, 4 Atlanta, 4 Miami, 3 New York, 3 Washington. Perhaps Toronto plays 6 Atlanta, 4 Philadelphia (because Atlanta and Philadelphia are the shared rivals of Toronto and Boston).

--P64 (talk) 01:34, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

61 pairings?

As an ignorant foreigner, I don't get how there can be 61 pairings within divisions, as the article claims. Five teams in each division means ten possible pairings within a division, and there are six divisions. 6 x 10 = 60, not 61. Anyone care to explain? (edit) Oh wait, that was prior to 2013, when there was one division with four teams and one with six. Now I get it.

Strewth

The way the league is set up seems far too easy and straight forward. Do you think there is a way the authorities could complicate it at all? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.194.64 (talk) 13:50, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Morning First Pitch

The last sentence of the "Time of first pitch" section is outdated: "These games are usually the only games to start before noon local time during the season." With the 11:30 AM games happening in 2022, the Nationals Independence Day and Red Sox Patriots' Day games are no longer the only regularly scheduled games to start before noon local time during the season. 74.70.68.46 (talk) 18:22, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Move discussion in progress

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