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The final in a series of 15 polls: Who has the 2008 AL East's top home field advantage (park, fans, etc.)?

BAL 0 (0.00%)
BOS 74 (69.81%)
NYY 27 (25.47%)
TB 3 (2.83%)
TOR 2 (1.89%)
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ayjackson - Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 12:27 PM EST (#178369) #
I said Tampa.  I think opponents get charged up to play in Boston and New York.  Tampa will put you to sleep...and the weather's so nice in the spring and fall.....ahhh, just sit back and relax.
Ozzieball - Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 05:34 PM EST (#178370) #
Mike Lowell's home/away splits are a pretty good demonstration of Boston's HF advantage. It also masks Manny's defensive ineptitude, with a tiny left field.
Chuck - Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 06:41 PM EST (#178371) #

Rather than looking at individual player home/road splits, I thought I'd take a more macro approach and simply contrast each team's home and road wins. What follows, are the total deltas of the past three seasons where delta=home wins minus road wins.

TB +42 (2007: 8, 2006: 21, 2005: 13)
Bos +29 (6, 10, 13)
NY +24 (10, 3, 11)
Tor +22 (3, 13, 6)
Bal +9 (1, 10, -2)

Give ayjackson the prize for picking TB. They are the team most helped by playing at home.

ANationalAcrobat - Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 07:34 PM EST (#178372) #
Your formula penalises teams that win less so that Tampa's advantage here is even greater than the raw numbers make it out to be. Of course a three year split may not mean much.
Chuck - Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 07:58 PM EST (#178373) #
Your formula penalises teams that win less

I don't see how. Can you explain?
ANationalAcrobat - Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 08:28 PM EST (#178374) #
If you're winning 10 games total, your delta can't be bigger than 10. If you're winning 20, your max delta is 20. The Yankees win 90-100 annually, whereas the Rays stay below 80. The Yankees thus have more potential for a greater delta.
Chuck - Tuesday, January 01 2008 @ 09:22 PM EST (#178375) #

What if the argument were flipped and the means I used to address this problem were to find the team most hurt on the road (arguably the equivalent of most helped at home)? And what if my delta were road losses minus home losses. Tampa Bay would be at -42 and thus the team most hurt on the road (and arguably the team most helped at home). One could then argue that the teams that lose the most are best positioned to chalk up big (albeit negative) deltas. A team like New York, with just 60 losses a year, would have less wiggle room than a team like Tampa Bay, with over 90 losses a year.

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