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nyjunc said:In the postseason it is not.
Let's look at the last decade('95-'04):
Teams w/ homefield advantage
'95- 4-3(teams w/ homefield that lost- Bos ALDS, Sea ALCS, Cin NLCS)
'96- 3-4(all 4 LDS were won by teams w/o homefield)
'97- 3-4(SF & hou lost in LDS, Bal & Atl lost in LCS)
'98- 5-2(Hou lost in LDS, Atl in LCS)
'99- 4-3(Cle & Ari lost in LDS, Atl lost in WS)
'00- 3-4(only SL won in LDS, SL lost in LCS)
'01- 5-2(Hou lost in LDS, Sea lost in ALCS)
'02- 1-6(only win was Ana in WS)
'03- 2-5(only wins were NYY in LDS & LCS)
'04- 4-3(Ana & Atl lost in LDS, NYY lost in LCS)
Teams w/ homefield won 34 series and lost 36
Actual won-loss in games:
'95- 19-11
'96- 13-18
'97- 19-15
'98- 14-16
'99- 17-14
'00- 15-16
'01- 18-17
'02- 20-14
'03- 18-20
'04- 20-14
173-155
Homefield team in a series is 34-36 and overall games it's 173-155, not huge #s favoring 1 side and they are skewed by a few series where the home team won every game but in most series there are a bunch of road wins.
Good analysis/research junc.. i'll respond more on the subject later.