</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Peter Bergstrom:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">The only benefit of home field is, of course, having the last at bat. Otherwise, I don't believe there is any home field advantage and should never be incorporated in a game. There are too many examples of home teams losing important games.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Sorry, JP. Statistics show that Home tems win 55-57% of the time year in, year out, in MLB. Though not as lop-sided a variable as in pro football or basketball it's definitely 'there'. It's inexplicable that OOTP, unlike Diamond Mind Baseball, has omitted this factor. It diminishes the value of beginning a series at home in the post-season.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I agree with your figures Peter, but the last-at-bat more than covers for this statistic... remember we're talking about a turn-based game here, not a clock-based game.
<small>[ 05-07-2002, 11:42 AM: Message edited by: Henry ]</small>