Yankees Magic Number = 10
Boston's Tragic Number = 3
How is it computed?
The short method: Take the number of games yet to be played, add one, then subtract the number of games ahead in the loss column of the standings from the closest opponent.
But it might be even easier to do it with one glance at the standings if you can follow this simple mathematical formula: Games In A Season plus 1 minus Wins minus Losses by Second-Place Team. Because Games plus 1 should equal 163 in all instances, it can be summed up as:
163 - Wins - Losses By Second-Place Team
Before the season starts, every team has a magic number of 163. That would be 162 games plus 1, with 0 wins and 0 losses by the second-place team.
When the number reaches 1
When the magic number is 1, that means the team has clinched at least a tie for the championship. Once it reaches zero, the team has won the title.
The "tragic number"
The opposite of the magic number is the elimination number or the "tragic number," which is the reverse of the magic number. It's the combination of losses and wins by the front-running team for a team to be eliminated.
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