Excessive Doubleheaders

swrathje · 03-23-2021, 07:22 PM

Just curious if anyone else has experienced this. My team is in the midst of playing 17 consecutive Sunday doubleheaders. In addition, during these 17 weeks another five doubleheaders were scheduled during weekdays. Four more were scheduled outside of the time period. I believe only one of these 26 was due to a rainout.

joefromchicago · 03-23-2021, 09:24 PM

Sounds like an old Pacific Coast League schedule. What schedule are you using?

swrathje · 03-23-2021, 11:32 PM

Using the game's schedule generator. Same as every other season I've run.

joefromchicago · 03-24-2021, 08:58 AM

Well, if I had to guess, I'd say that your season was shortened somehow - maybe through league evolution or checking the wrong box or some glitch in the program. In order to compensate for the shorter season, the schedule-maker loaded up the schedule with double-headers. But that's just a guess, and I'm assuming that you're trying to play a standard 162-game schedule.

Take a look at your team's schedule and see when the regular season ends. Or you can attach the schedule file to this thread and I can take a look at it. If you're unsure as to how you can do that, I can walk you through the process.

jokerhusky1129 · 03-25-2021, 05:55 PM

Covid

swrathje · 03-25-2021, 06:26 PM

Thank you for offering to look at the schedule file. Please send instructions to attach the file. My league is in 1943, so there's a 154-game schedule. The season began on April 21st and will end on October 3rd. One of the effects of the doubleheaders is that my team has eight off days in August and nine off days in September.

joefromchicago · 03-26-2021, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by swrathje

Thank you for offering to look at the schedule file. Please send instructions to attach the file. My league is in 1943, so there's a 154-game schedule. The season began on April 21st and will end on October 3rd. One of the effects of the doubleheaders is that my team has eight off days in August and nine off days in September.

It's times like these that I feel like a doctor asking a patient "is there anything else you'd like to tell me?" Clearly, all of this information is relevant to your initial inquiry and would have been helpful to have up front.

So my next question is: are you playing a historical league? If so, then you're probably playing with the historical schedules. Are you playing with historical transactions and/or historical line-ups enabled? If so, then I think you're automatically playing with the as-played schedule. Otherwise, you'd be playing with the schedule that was published in the pre-season. In either case, there's no need to attach the schedule file - I already know what it is.

The fact is, teams played a lot of double-headers in the 1940s. A lot. That might have had something to do with the travel restrictions put in place due to the war or it might have been an effort to get more fans to come to the ballpark by giving everyone a two-for-one discount. The Cardinals played 33 DHs that year. The Boston Braves, who always seemed to play more twin-bills than anyone else, played 38 DHs, including six in a two-week span. The Philadelphia Athletics played DHs on each of four consecutive days in August. That's just the way it was.

There. Mystery solved.

swrathje · 03-26-2021, 01:15 AM

A huge amount of thanks to you. I completely failed to consider checking the historical schedule.

03-23-2021, 07:22 PM	#1
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	Excessive Doubleheaders Just curious if anyone else has experienced this. My team is in the midst of playing 17 consecutive Sunday doubleheaders. In addition, during these 17 weeks another five doubleheaders were scheduled during weekdays. Four more were scheduled outside of the time period. I believe only one of these 26 was due to a rainout.

03-23-2021, 09:24 PM	#2
joefromchicago Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,707	Sounds like an old Pacific Coast League schedule. What schedule are you using? __________________ American-Ethnic (and Canadian) Namesets Historical Minor League Schedules 1870s City/Team Nickname Randomizers "It's Usually Sunny in Philadelphia" weather mod Negro League Schedules

03-24-2021, 08:58 AM	#4
joefromchicago Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,707	Well, if I had to guess, I'd say that your season was shortened somehow - maybe through league evolution or checking the wrong box or some glitch in the program. In order to compensate for the shorter season, the schedule-maker loaded up the schedule with double-headers. But that's just a guess, and I'm assuming that you're trying to play a standard 162-game schedule. Take a look at your team's schedule and see when the regular season ends. Or you can attach the schedule file to this thread and I can take a look at it. If you're unsure as to how you can do that, I can walk you through the process. __________________ American-Ethnic (and Canadian) Namesets Historical Minor League Schedules 1870s City/Team Nickname Randomizers "It's Usually Sunny in Philadelphia" weather mod Negro League Schedules

03-23-2021, 11:32 PM	#3
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	Using the game's schedule generator. Same as every other season I've run.

03-25-2021, 05:55 PM	#5
jokerhusky1129 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 456	Covid

03-25-2021, 06:26 PM	#6
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	Thank you for offering to look at the schedule file. Please send instructions to attach the file. My league is in 1943, so there's a 154-game schedule. The season began on April 21st and will end on October 3rd. One of the effects of the doubleheaders is that my team has eight off days in August and nine off days in September.

03-26-2021, 01:15 AM	#8
swrathje Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 20	A huge amount of thanks to you. I completely failed to consider checking the historical schedule.