nick wrote:dakshdar wrote:nick wrote:if u go spot by spot (1v1, 2v2 etc)
AL East vs
AL Central: 4-1
AL West: 5-0
NL East: 4-1
NL Central: 4-1
NL West: 4-1
AL Beast it is.
That's one bizarre way to compare divisions...
without writing a book, how would you go about comparing then?
It's just random that you're affirming that whatever the head-to-head of teams at the same position in different divisions is confirms whether one division is ahead of the other.
The better comparison would likely be to show the actual record of one division against the other division, not just pairing off teams based on standings.
If you add up the records vs the other division, the picture is more complete. As a possible example - a 3rd place AL East team may be 4-2 against the 3rd place AL West team, but 5-19 against the other AL West teams. Vice versa, that 3rd place AL West team may be above 0.500 against the AL East overall, but just 2-4 against the 3rd place team.
The way you tabulate it that is a Win for the AL East, but it would be misleading. It also limits the sample size when you do it your way: fewer games = more chance for results that don't truly indicate overall relative ranking.