Sentences with phrase «own home field advantage»

Players compete for bragging rights and home field advantage in the World Series.

How they can do it: The Saints beat the Panthers in both meetings this season, but they still get arguably the toughest first - round matchup of any team with home field advantage.

These special Chapter 19 courts ensure the US doesn't have home field advantage when it comes to deciding whether their tariffs are fair.

After acknowledging that reality, here are three basic steps we can take to live in a culture in which Christianity continues to lose its «home field advantage»:

Christianity is losing, and will continue to lose, its home field advantage; no one can (or should) deny this.

The 15 - second spots, launching November 14, feature the icon at his helicopter RV tailgate in the Serengeti, kicking a field goal with a coconut through «the uprights» of two giraffes: «He has home field advantage, even when he's away.»

- They will also likely have a very real Home field Advantage judging from how the crowd reacted to last nights game.

One more reason for home field advantage = favorable field conditions.

Last year the Cubs had the best record in baseball (103 - 58), had home field advantage, with the Dodgers coming off a grueling five - game series win in Washington D.C.

Soccer has the highest home field advantage rate in sports.

The Bears earned home field advantage, but the fans are betting as if Green Bay is a far superior team.

While these numbers aren't particularly noteworthy, we were curious as to whether home field advantage could benefit teams in must - win games.

As we expected, this pattern of bettors overvaluing home field advantage is amplified in «must - win» games which creates value betting against these home teams.

According to FiveThirtyEight's NFL Predictions, the Eagles, who now own home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, have a 19 % chance to win Super Bowl LII.

The Vikings control their own destiny in regards to a first round bye and will have home field advantage in the big game should they reach it.

Similarly, we have seen bettors chronically overvalue home field advantage which has created tremendous value on visitors (in every sport except baseball).

No NFL team in the 1990s has enjoyed a larger home field advantage than the Falcons.

Also: «Home field advantage should not be underestimated.»

Its stadiums and campuses are just a few miles apart, meaning it's difficult to say either team will often have a truly dominant home field advantage in that rivalry.

The Giants are guaranteed home field advantage for the remainder of the postseason, and they'll send left handerMadison Bumgarner and Ryan Vogelsong to the mound in Games 1 and 2 to ensure that they make that happen.

The home field advantage is there for the Packers» taking.

Short week and West Coast home field advantage do matter.

I don't know if it's because the high ticket prices exclude the drunker, noisier fans, or if the environment is too much like a club / movie theater to encourage the fans to create a home field advantage, but it doesn't surprise me at all that Dallas is better on the road.

of expanding the playoffs and giving teams home field advantage based on rankings.

I do think the home field advantage, though, makes a difference for the Falcons defense.

Surprise: The Cowboys are fighting for their playoff lives, while the upstart Broncos and Redskins are contending not only for playoff spots but also for the best record in their respective conferences — worth home field advantage throughout the postseason.

Kansas State at Texas A&M -2, in the Texas Bowl: Houston is A&M's largest alumni base, so there should be some good home field advantage for the Aggies.

Lubbock's isolation is its own kind of home field advantage.

I've read that Denver's home field advantage is always the most pronounced early in the year.

Not much has changed except the Patriots» quest for home field advantage in the playoffs.

Home field advantage, first round bye, were basically all gifted to us by Wentz (with a little help in the end) and the team he played with.

All scoring efficiencies are adjusted to reflect home field advantage and the strength of the competition.

So, if you have tickets and want to keep the home field advantage at its best, please do not sell your tickets.

Knowing that home field advantage is chronically undervalued, we filtered out all visitors and vastly improved our system.

They also won't be caught by the winner of the NL Central and will therefore be almost guaranteed to have home field advantage in the NLDS and in all likelihood, face the Cubs.

Did President Bush say he believed home field advantage was a choice?

1 - day scheduled break, then re-seed within each League for the Divisional round, 5 - game sets, split 2 -2-1 with the Bye teams having Home Field Advantage.

Reseed for Semi-Finals, 2 -3-2 format, highest division winner gets home field advantage, followed by Wild Cards by season record if 1 or fewer division winner makes it to this round.

One of the trends we have noticed over the years is that home field advantage tends to be undervalued in baseball, which can be easily explained.

Quarterback Matt Ryan has been in the thick of the MVP conversation and the team looks primed to lock up a first - round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

The betting public seems to like the combination of home field advantage and momentum that the Yankees have built, as 77 % of all moneyline bets have been coming in on the «Evil Empire» despite a pitching matchup that would appear to favor Detroit.

To get back to the Super Bow for the third year in a row, they'll have to do it on the road this year, rather than relying on the home field advantage the CLink offers.

The Indians would have home field advantage in all three playoff series this fall, giving them 11 of a possible 19 games at Jacobs Field.

When it comes to home field advantage, the Indians fell further back of the Dodgers with a loss, as did the Nationals.

What happened to home field advantage?

In the overall home field advantage race, the Dodgers remain in the lead but only by a 1.5 margin over Cleveland and 3.5 over the Astros.

Since home field advantage is typically worth 3 - points to the spread, bettors are more likely to take visitors as they are likely to be larger underdogs.

Can the Royals capitalize on home field advantage?

Those results also mean the Yankees have clinched home field advantage in the Wild Card play - in game.

Houston won the same day the Indians lost, which puts the Astros only one game back of Cleveland for American League home field advantage.