{
  "id": 251643,
  "title": "Can anyone tell me in standings['eliminationNumber'], what does \"E\" and \"-\" mean?",
  "url": "/competitions/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting/discussion/251643",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-07-08T06:59:51.103947200Z",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>they covered 1/3 of standings['eliminationNumber'], so i think it's important to understand their meanings.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1380561",
      "postDate": "07/08/2021 06:59:51",
      "content": "<p>they covered 1/3 of standings['eliminationNumber'], so i think it's important to understand their meanings.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "they covered 1/3 of standings['eliminationNumber'], so i think it's important to understand their meanings.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1380809",
      "postDate": "07/08/2021 10:33:50",
      "content": "<p>I think that 'E' means one team has already been eliminated to enter the playoff games and '-' means the team is in the top rank of the division so it will not have an elimination number. </p>\n<p>Here is the explanation from Wiki: <br>\nElimination numberTeams other than the front-running team have what is called an elimination number (or \"tragic number\") (often abbreviated E#). This number represents the number of wins by the leading team or losses by the trailing team which will eliminate the trailing team.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think that 'E' means one team has already been eliminated to enter the playoff games and '-' means the team is in the top rank of the division so it will not have an elimination number. \n\nHere is the explanation from Wiki: \nElimination numberTeams other than the front-running team have what is called an elimination number (or \"tragic number\") (often abbreviated E#). This number represents the number of wins by the leading team or losses by the trailing team which will eliminate the trailing team.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1380809,
      "author_name": "joshspchang",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/08/2021 10:33:50",
      "content": "<p>I think that 'E' means one team has already been eliminated to enter the playoff games and '-' means the team is in the top rank of the division so it will not have an elimination number. </p>\n<p>Here is the explanation from Wiki: <br>\nElimination numberTeams other than the front-running team have what is called an elimination number (or \"tragic number\") (often abbreviated E#). This number represents the number of wins by the leading team or losses by the trailing team which will eliminate the trailing team.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "1380561": "they covered 1/3 of standings['eliminationNumber'], so i think it's important to understand their meanings.",
    "1380809": "I think that 'E' means one team has already been eliminated to enter the playoff games and '-' means the team is in the top rank of the division so it will not have an elimination number. \n\nHere is the explanation from Wiki: \nElimination numberTeams other than the front-running team have what is called an elimination number (or \"tragic number\") (often abbreviated E#). This number represents the number of wins by the leading team or losses by the trailing team which will eliminate the trailing team."
  },
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}