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Originally Posted by Henry
In retrospect, Kiko's comment about going into the bottom of the ninth TIED is what embellishes the last-at-bat theory. I think we can all agree that going into the bottom of the ninth TIED is an advantage for the home team because that is the true sudden death situation.
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Its not an advantage because of some bs "sudden death", its an advantage because they have an extra 3 outs to use in order to score runs than the other team. If the game was tied going into the 9th there is no advantage.
Take two equal teams playing in an empty stadium in europe somewhere. It would be a 50/50 proposition. The "home" team doesnt matter.
Your main flaw is that you think the offense knowing exactly what it needs to do to win is an advantage, but you completely ignore the fact that the defense also knows exactly what it needs to do to win and can change their strategy by knowing that giving up one run will lose or that giving up one run doesnt matter, etc.