Here's an interesting article on baseball scheduling. The company that has been making out the itenerary for the last 24 years lost its bid this year to continue. As a programmer, I would find the task of writing the software a challenge. You'd want to accomodate specific dates teams wish to be home. You'd want to minimize travel distances as much as possible. I would think you'd want to try to schedule division play late in the season. It will be fun to compare this schedule to last year's and see if there are real differences.