Chicago Cubs Playoff Chances 2012-3WC

Beat San Diego 8-6, playoff odds up 0.06 to 0.2%
18-32   .360

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did yesterday and who we should root for today.   Explain

Wednesday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Cubs 8 San Diego 6 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Giants vs Cubs-0.1+0.1
-0.1+0.2

What If

Chances based on how well the Cubs finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
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130112-0In100180
9476-36In1001
9375-37In50502
9274-38In4020405
9173-39In50252512
9072-40In1829292528
8971-41In14214721470
8870-4298.4%7213327102129
8769-4394.431518352341250
8668-4483.9110123328133547
8567-4566.3552334267101,001
8466-4644.9032113034164001,848
8365-4726.1105203428102003,180
8264-489.900182635226105,303
8163-492.40002133033174008,542
8062-500.50004183328123013,292
7961-510.10001824342481020,134
7860-520.000021329341740029,592
7759-53Out015183329122041,576
7658-54Out00182535237155,869
7557-55Out003143233152072,733
7456-56Out00162338266091,393
7355-57Out002133437130110,752
7254-58Out00162543241129,494
7153-59Out0021643372146,094
7052-60Out001837504158,444
6951-61Out00428607166,316
6850-62Out02206613167,787
6749-63Out01126819163,051
6648-64Out0076627153,491
6547-65Out046135139,177
6446-66Out025444121,555
6345-67Out014653101,970
6244-68Out0386182,753
6143-69Out0316964,390
6042-70Out0247648,728
5941-71Out0188234,602
5840-72Out0148624,256
5739-73Out0109016,397
5638-74Out69410,247
5537-75Out4966,345
5436-76Out3973,747
5335-77Out2982,130
5234-78Out1991,172
5133-79Out0100643
5032-80Out0100337
18-49Out100435*
Total:0.2%00000000123591740222,200,000

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

Ye of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.

Big Games

WednesdayNone
FridayNone

What If

This isn't your lottery pick because it does not factor in ping pong balls.
It's the final seed that gets you the ping pong balls.
The top 12 seeds are wrong, just ignore them for now.

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If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
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18-130
Total: