<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:scs="http://www.sportsclubstats.com" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Central Division Playoff Race - Sports Club Stats</title><link>http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central.html</link><description>What are the chances each team will make the playoffs.</description><pubDate>Sat, 6 Sep 2008 5:11:40 AST</pubDate><language>en</language><item><title>Brewers +4.8%  Cardinals -2.6%</title><link>http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 6 Sep 2008 5:11:40 AST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">MLB/National/Central9/6/2008 3:15:00 AM</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Playoff Race</h2><small>Updated Saturday, 9/6/08 5:11 AM Eastern Time (GMT-04:00)</small><div><p>What are the chances each team will make the playoffs.</p><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10"><tr><td colspan="3" align="left"><b>Chance in playoffs</b></td><td colspan="16" align="center"><b>Chance team will finish at position</b></td><td width="20"/><td colspan="4"/></tr><tr><td/><td colspan="2" align="right"><b>Change</b></td><td align="right"><b>1</b></td><td align="right"><b>2</b></td><td align="right"><b>3</b></td><td align="right"><b>4</b></td><td align="right"><b>5</b></td><td align="right"><b>6</b></td><td align="right"><b>7</b></td><td align="right"><b>8</b></td><td align="right"><b>9</b></td><td align="right"><b>10</b></td><td align="right"><b>11</b></td><td align="right"><b>12</b></td><td align="right"><b>13</b></td><td align="right"><b>14</b></td><td align="right"><b>15</b></td><td align="right"><b>16</b></td><td/><td align="center"><b>W</b></td><td><b>-</b></td><td align="center"><b>L</b></td><td align="center"><b>PCT</b></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central/Cubs.html">Cubs</a></td><td align="right">99.5</td><td align="right">-0.1</td><td align="right">82</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td/><td align="right">85</td><td class="pl2 pr2">-</td><td align="left">56</td><td align="right">.603</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central/Brewers.html">Brewers</a></td><td align="right">89.5</td><td align="right">4.8</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td/><td align="right">81</td><td class="pl2 pr2">-</td><td align="left">60</td><td align="right">.574</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central/Cardinals.html">Cardinals</a></td><td align="right">2.5</td><td align="right">-2.6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td/><td align="right">75</td><td class="pl2 pr2">-</td><td align="left">66</td><td align="right">.532</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central/Astros.html">Astros</a></td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">-1.3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td/><td align="right">74</td><td class="pl2 pr2">-</td><td align="left">67</td><td align="right">.525</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central/Reds.html">Reds</a></td><td align="center">Out</td><td align="right">-</td><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">39</td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td/><td align="right">63</td><td class="pl2 pr2">-</td><td align="left">78</td><td align="right">.447</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central/Pirates.html">Pirates</a></td><td align="center">Out</td><td align="right">-</td><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right"/><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">27</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td/><td align="right">60</td><td class="pl2 pr2">-</td><td align="left">80</td><td align="right">.429</td></tr></table></div>
		Graphs: <a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central_GamesAbove500.html">Games Above .500</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
		<a href="http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/Central_ChanceWillMakePlayoffs.html">Chance Will Make Playoffs</a><div height="10"/></div><div><h2>Big Games</h2><div><p>Games with the biggest impact on who makes the playoffs in the <b>Central Division</b>.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6"><tr><td colspan="4"><b>Friday 9/5</b></td><td colspan="3" align="center"><b>Impact</b></td><td/></tr><tr><td>Brewers</td><td align="right">3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td/><td class="">Brewers</td><td/><td align="right">4.0</td><td/></tr><tr><td>Padres</td><td align="right">2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td/><td class="">Cardinals</td><td/><td align="right">-1.3</td><td/></tr><tr><td colspan="4"/><td class="">Astros</td><td/><td align="right">-0.6</td><td/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr><td>Cardinals</td><td align="right">1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td/><td class="">Cardinals</td><td/><td align="right">-1.8</td><td/></tr><tr><td>Marlins</td><td align="right">4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td/><td class="">Brewers</td><td/><td align="right">1.2</td><td/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr><td>Rockies</td><td align="right">5</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td/><td class="">Astros</td><td/><td align="right">-0.9</td><td/></tr><tr><td>Astros</td><td align="right">3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td/><td class="">Brewers</td><td/><td align="right">0.6</td><td/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr><td>Mets</td><td align="right">0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td/><td class="">Brewers</td><td/><td align="right">-0.8</td><td/></tr><tr><td>Phillies</td><td align="right">3</td><td class="b9">&nbsp;</td><td colspan="6"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="5"/></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><b>Saturday 9/6</b></td><td colspan="3"/><td/></tr><tr class="b"><td/><td colspan="2" align="center"><b>Brewers</b></td><td align="center"><b>vs</b></td><td align="center"><b>Padres</b></td><td colspan="2"/><td align="right"><b>7:05 PM</b></td></tr><tr><td/><td colspan="4" class="ac"><b>Chance in playoffs if:</b></td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="right"><b>Brewers win</b></td><td/><td colspan="4" align="left"><b>Padres win</b></td></tr><tr><td>Brewers</td><td colspan="2" align="right">92.6</td><td/><td align="right">86.4</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td>Cardinals</td><td colspan="2" align="right">1.8</td><td/><td align="right">3.2</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td>Astros</td><td colspan="2" align="right">0.7</td><td/><td align="right">1.3</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr class="b"><td/><td colspan="2" align="center"><b>Cardinals</b></td><td align="center"><b>vs</b></td><td align="center"><b>Marlins</b></td><td colspan="2"/><td align="right"><b>7:15 PM</b></td></tr><tr><td>Cardinals</td><td colspan="2" align="right">3.5</td><td/><td align="right">1.5</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td>Brewers</td><td colspan="2" align="right">88.9</td><td/><td align="right">90.2</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr class="b"><td/><td colspan="2" align="center"><b>Rockies</b></td><td align="center"><b>vs</b></td><td align="center"><b>Astros</b></td><td colspan="2"/><td align="right"><b>8:05 PM</b></td></tr><tr><td>Astros</td><td colspan="2" align="right">0.5</td><td/><td align="right">1.4</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td>Brewers</td><td colspan="2" align="right">89.8</td><td/><td align="right">89.3</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr class="b"><td/><td colspan="2" align="center"><b>Mets</b></td><td align="center"><b>vs</b></td><td align="center"><b>Phillies</b></td><td colspan="2"/><td align="right"><b>3:55 PM</b></td></tr><tr><td>Brewers</td><td colspan="2" align="right">90.0</td><td/><td align="right">89.0</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr class="b"><td/><td colspan="2" align="center"><b>Reds</b></td><td align="center"><b>vs</b></td><td align="center"><b>Cubs</b></td><td colspan="2"/><td align="right"><b>7:10 PM</b></td></tr><tr><td>Cubs</td><td colspan="2" align="right">99.3</td><td/><td align="right">99.8</td><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="10"/></tr><tr><td colspan="8" height="5"/></tr></table></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>