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From: rokhsar@lasspvax.UUCP (Dan Rokhsar)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: World Series Probabilities
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Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 22:33:46 EDT
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Just one more note about our discussion of the home field advantage in the
World Series: we realize that a .87 probability of winning at home is extreme
(the home field advantage averaged over all teams for a season is roughly 
0.53, but (a) the teams involved are not average, and the home field advantage
is most pronounced for good teams and (b) the home field advantage could
easily be enhanced by the excitement of the World Series).  What is really 
needed is for someone to check the outcomes of individual games.

We HOPE that it isn't a media induced phenomenon (TV did appear around 1950,
after all!)

			Dan Rokhsar
			Eric Grannan
:wq