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New York Yankees: What Home Field Advantage?

Home Field Advantage?

Al "Bud" Selig, the erstwhile Commissioner of Baseball, has seen to it that the league that wins the all-star game gets the home field advantage in the World Series.

Most "experts" and also the real experts—the fans—subscribe to the belief that the home team has an advantage.  They subscribe to that belief because it is true, but as with all "truths," there are exceptions.

 

No Home Field Advantage Four Consecutive Times

1. The Brooklyn Dodgers won the 1955 World Series in seven games over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

2. The Yankees won the 1956 World Series in seven games over the Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

3. The Milwaukee Braves ...

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