You understand we are talking about home field for the World Series and not next year's All Star game right??
yes...home field advantage for the World Series goes back and forth from year to year...the record of the teams is inconsequential. So if the Astros finish with MLB's best record, that does not assure them of home field advantage in the World Series...if it's the AL's year to have home field, then the Astros will be out of luck. how is that system better than having the all star game as the decisive factor?
pretty darn sure. i know in 2001, my business partner and i discussed the fact that it was a NL year for home team advantage...i remember that being a point of discussion during the Astros pennant chase that year.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/n...id=299277&vkey=allstar2003&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb In late October, home-field advantage was determined by the calendar rather than competition. While the team with the best record earned the most home games in the first two playoff rounds, the leagues rotated home-field advantage in the World Series every year with the AL hosting Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 in the even years and the NL hosting the opening and closing games in the odd years.
Thanks for the proof....I said the same thing earlier about how the winner of the all-star game system was better than the arbitrary rotation, but apparently, people just chose to ignore my statement altogether!
So why dont they just take the best record of the two teams competing in the WS to determine who has home field advantage? Does this make sense or am I missing something??? Or better yet.... Play the games at a neutral site. Why didnt anyone think of that?
Keep in mind that guys like Bud Selig get paid MILLIONS of dollars to come up with their marketing ideas. Therefore, their knowledge and expertise far exceeds ours. Obviously the current system of winning the most games as possible means nothing, players should only have the incentive to win enough games to ensure that they get into the playoffs. Why? Because Bud Selig says so, and he is smarter than we are. Man, would I love to see a tie in this year's game as well, especially if it were pre-arranged by the players/managers.
I think this is the exact reason they changed the rule. Bud was booed in his hometown last year when they decided to call the game. This was his measure to make sure that it never happens again. Of course, this assumes that todays players have enough pride to play hard in extra innings to win the homefield advantage for their league. I like the change, hopefully it will bring back that same spirit that Pete Rose had when he charged into homeplate to win the all-star game for his league.
1) Western Conference teams play fully 1/3 of their games against Eastern Conference teams, and do not have unbalanced schedules within their division. In this way, baseball and basketball are hardly comparable. 2) I have never based any criticism that I had of Steve Francis off of Eastern Conference players. 3) I have said many times that I would support Francis remaining a Rocket, so long as he learns to be a pass first player and to play defense. 4) I never said a player's performance in an all-star game was a valid measure of their value to their real team. Other than those four points, you post seems very relevent and has really put me in my place.
You know what, I take back everything I said because I was completely ignorant of the fact that the World Series rotated every year between leagues so I'm with Max, I don't see how its anymore ridiculous.
