Friday, October 28, 2011

Should Baseball Change the Home-field Advantage Rule??

Well interesting thing I've learned about today, this is the first time since 2002 that a World Series game has gone to a Game 7. Lets think back to 2002, no not my high school graduation, but to the All-Star Game in Milwaukee. Remember the game ending in a tie, thus making MLB change the stakes that comes with playing in the All-Star Game.

The reason why I am asking this is because I happened to look at the regular season records: Rangers finished 1st in AL West with a 96-66 record, while the Cardinals finished 2nd in the NL Central with a 90-72 record. See anything strange about this?? Yea the Cardinals have a worst record than the Rangers, but Game 7 will be played at Busch Stadium in St. Louis instead of The Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, TX. Now the NL did win the All-Star Game this year, but shall the Rangers lose tonight's game, a mist what happened in the 9th inning of game 6, would some people blame this on the Rangers NOT having home-field advantage?

Could Prince Fielder, who hit the game winning homer in Arizona during the All-Star Game in JULY, help the Cardinals (the team whom eliminated HIS Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS) win the World Series in OCTOBER? I guess I could ask the question again: Should MLB change the Home-Field Advantage Rule in such All-Star Game in the future? I mean the Rangers are a very VERY good home team and a game like this should be played in their home park right?

Only time will tell..........


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