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Originally Posted by Old Dog
Magic number for Detroit is two. For us to get a 163rd for the division it would take a combination of 5 KC wins and Detroit losses over the weekend.
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And those Detroit losses need to come at the hands of Minnesota. Not likely at all.
Just for fun, I'll calculate a back of the envelope probability. I will use these rough assumptions:
P(Detroit loss) = 40% per game
P(KC win) = 55% per game
Given that, then:
P(we outright win the division with no 163rd game) = 1.06%
P(we tie and force a tiebreaker game on Monday in Detroit) = 7.41%
That is.... actually more likely than I expected.
OK, lets assume the Twins are mailing it in and they only have a 1/3 chance of winning each game, which is pretty bad.
P(we outright win the division with no 163rd game) = 0.62%
P(we tie and force a tiebreaker game on Monday in Detroit) = 5.21%
Still decent, considering I thought it was hopeless.
OK, I guess we have about a 1 in 20 shot, give or take, of the Tigers not clinching the division by the end of Sunday.