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From: bd@peora.UUCP (Bernie Dougan)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Response to David Rubin
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 08:55:47 EDT
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> In response to David Rubin's latest comments on the Cubs WS games
> at night:
>  .
>  .
>  .
> 3) Of course Dallas Green and the Tribune Company would prefer
> night baseball!  It makes more money.  However, as far as the good 
> of the teams and fans, who knows?  The fact remains that the 
> Cubs over the years have a much better record in day ball than
> other teams in the NL, and to deprive them in the WS would be unfair.
> The day record percentage in 1982, 1983, and 1984 was better than
> their home record percentage, so it is not just attributable to
> the home field.  A team that plays mainly in the day during the season
> appears to have an advantage in day games, and vice versa.
> 
If your statistic about the Cubs home record in the daytime is correct
is may contradict the reason I thought the Cubs would want to play
at night.  That is, playing all day games is much more tiring when
there are long homestands in very hot daytime weather.  This has been
used as an excuse for some past Cub teams fading down the stretch.
> 
> Jon Hanrath
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> 


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