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Are Players Now Trying Harder in the MLB All Star Game? By Robbie Steirn

7/19/2015

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       Since the All Star game determines home field advantage for the World Series, my hypothesis is that there is a greater chance to win the World Series if a team’s league won the All Star game. This statement seems reasonable because in almost all sports, home field advantage can make the difference between a team winning or losing a game. According to Freakonomics, home games won in the MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA, and MLS are 53.9%, 55.7%, 57.3%, 60.5%, and 69.1%, respectively.

       I looked at data starting at 1933 since that was the inception of the All Star game. I removed data in year 1945 since there was no All Star game (due to WWII travel restrictions) as well as 1961 and 2002 since those games ended in a tie. Lastly, there is no data for 1994, since that was the lockout year. From the data below, you can see that the NL has won more All Star games, but have lost more World Series.

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David miller link
1/10/2016 09:32:27 am

This statement seems reasonable because in almost all sports, home field advantage can make the difference between a team winning or losing a game.Nice to see a website with hitting instruction information, from people who actually know what they are talking about. And more importantly have actually done it successfully, and done it at a high level.

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