Fri Mar 18, 2011, 06:18am
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Home field advantage
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Originally Posted by NY Times Columnist David Brooks
No, the real difference is the officiating. The refs and umpires don’t like to get booed. So even if they are not aware of it, they call fewer fouls on home teams in crucial situations. They call more strikes on away batters in tight games in the late innings.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/op...rssnyt&emc=rss
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