0
How is the home field advantage determined for the World Series?
Ksmail
The winner of the All-Star Game determines home field advantage for the World Series. For example, if the National League wins the first two games of the World Series will be played in the National League ballpark before playing the next three in the American League ballpark.
Leone Wisozk
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoThe winner of the All-Star Game determines home field advantage for the World Series. For example, if the National League wins the first two games of the World Series will be played in the National League ballpark before playing the next three in the American League ballpark.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How is the location of the World Series determined?
Well obviously it is determined by which two teams are in the World Series. Home Field Advantage is given to the team from whichever league won the All-Star game.
What determines home field advantage in baseball?
As far as the major league divisional and league championship series are concerned, home field is determined by the won-loss record a team has for the regular season. However, a wildcard team is always seeded forth regardless of it's record. For the World Series, home field advantage is determined by which league won the All Star Game. If the National League won the All Star Game the National League team will have home field advantage in the World Series. If the American Leaegue won the All Star Game the American League team will have home field advantage in the World Series.
What decides the location for the World Series?
The location of the World Series is determined according to the two teams that they are playing and whichever league won the All Star Game in July is the league that will be given the home field advantage for the World Series and the World Series is set up so that Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 will be at the team with the home field advantage's stadium and Games 3, 4 and 5 will be at the stadium of the team that doesn't have the home field advantage.
How was home field advantage in the world series determined before the All Star game?
The two leagues alternated home-field advantage. In even years (1990, 1992) it was the NL; in odd years, AL.
Why does the American league have home field advantage in the World Series?
There is an MLB rule that states the League that wins the All-Star game has home field advantage in the World Series. Since the American League won the 2009 All-Star game, 4-3, they get home field advantage for the 2009 World Series.
Will home field advantage in the World Series be determined by the all-star Game again in 2005?
Yes, baseball needed some way to boost the All-Star Games ratings.
Determining home field advantage in 1988 World Series?
When the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics played in the 1988 World Series, the Dodgers had home field advantage. At that time, Major League Baseball rules provided that the home field advantage alternated between the American League and the National League. That practice continued until 2003, when MLB decided that the winner of the annual All Star game would be awarded home field advantage in the World Series.
Who has home field advantage in 2010?
The San Francisco Giants, because National League won the All-Star game and that determines Home Field Advantage for the World Series.
How is the home team decided in the World Series of baseball?
Currently, whatever league wins the All-Star game will have Home-Field advantage in the World Series.
Can a wild card team ever have home field advantage in MLB playoffs before the World Series?
Prior to the World Series, no. A Wildcard team is the 4th seed teem and faces the top seed in their respective league in the first round, unless the top seed is in the same division. If a Wildcard reaches the World Series, it's a different story. Since 2003 the Home-Field is determined by the winner of the All-Star game. The league that wins the All-Star Game gets home-field. There is no clause in this instance that prevents a wildcard team from having home-field advantage.
Why does Boston have home field advantage in the 2004 World Series when the Cardinals have a much better record and Boston was a wild card team?
Major League Baseball instituted a new policy this year, giving the home-field advantage in the World Series to the team from the league that won that year's All-Star Game. The American League won the 2004 All-Star Game, so the AL's World Series representative--Boston--gets the home-field advantage.
Does the mlb all star game winner determine home field advantage for the world series?
Yes ... that began in 2003.
