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From: kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Cubs and Lights - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 1-Sep-84 14:59:00 EDT
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uiucdcs!kaufman    Sep  1 13:59:00 1984

But is it really a home team advantage?  If the series goes 4 or 6 games, there
are an equal amount of games in each park.  If it goes 5, the team which
wouldn't have the advantage in a 7 game series has the extra home game.  And on
sheer probability, with each team having a 50-50 chance of winning any game,
the chance of a 5 game series is 1/4, while the probability of a 7 game series
is 5/16.  So any home advantage is slight at best.

Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman)