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Originally Posted by joefromchicago
How so? If you play seven games against eight opponents, you have 56 games total: 28 home and 28 away - four 3/4 series and four 4/3 series. Unless I'm missing something, every team plays the same number of home and away games.
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It's a home/road mismatch for each team.
Let's say the Giants play 4 at home vs the Mets, and 3 on the road
But their division rival Dodgers play 3 at home vs the Mets, and 4 on the road
There were no "odd number of games against an opponent" until the leagues expanded to 14 teams in a league.