IMBA Rules: 18 Team League Proposal

[volkert]

I think we need to keep things simple and just divide ourselves in two divisions of 9.  We will call them East & West for sake of the proposal.  This provides an even playing field and puts us at a 100 game season while also adding 1 more playoff team to put us at 10, and putting our lottery at 8 teams.

- Teams will play everyone in their division twice (Two series of 4 games) 8 opponents X 8 games = 64 games.
- Teams will play everyone in other division once. (One series of 4 games) 9 opponents x 4 games = 36 games.

100 game season (25 series of 4 games)

Playoffs: 10 teams & Both Division Winners get seeded 1st and 2nd.

2 Wild Cards Games: (1 game which can be Played Online)
10th Seed @ 7th Seed 
9th Seed @ 8th Seed 
(This doubles the excitement while giving BOTH division winners the advantage of missing a teams Ace pitcher in game 1.)

Quarter Finals
1st Seed (Division Winner with best Record) home vs Lower Seeded Wild Card Winner 
2nd Seed (Division Winner with weaker record) home vs Higher Seeded Wild Card Winner
3rd Seed home vs 6th Seed
4th Seed home vs 5th Seed 

Semi Finals
Highest Remaining Seed home vs Lowest Remaining Seed
2nd Highest Remaining Seed home vs 2nd Lowest Remaining Seed

Finals
Best Remaining Seed home vs Other Remaining Seed