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.
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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.
Home field advantage. Dating back to 1985, the team that has opened the World Series at home (hosting a possible four of seven games) has been victorious in 24 of the last 31 World Series.
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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.
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Yes ... that began in 2003.
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The Phillies have appeared in two of the last three World Series (winning the world championship in 2008). The Red Sox haven't appeared in a World Series since 2007. The advantage goes to the Phillies for now.
Nothing but the winning team gets home field advantage for the world series.
Because the leagues alternated World Series sites at that time. The year before, in the seven-game 1987 World Series, the first two games and the last two games were played in Minnesota. In 1989, the year after the Dodgers' championship title, the Series opened in Oakland. The leagues continued to alternate sites until 2003, when the lords of baseball agreed to award home field advantage to the league that wins the All-Star Game. Because the National League won the 2010 All-Star Game, the World Series opened in San Francisco.