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You know it’s a determination of the number of games a first-place team (say, your White Sox) must win or a second-place team (the Twins) must lose for the leader to clinch a title. Here’s how you figure the number: Total number of games in a season (162) minus the number of wins by first-place team (65 for Sox) minus number of losses by second-place team (46 for Twins) plus 1 equals the number (52). If you can remember this simple formula, it’s magic.
