For
years now, we have been beseeching Major League Baseball
to end the silly World Series home-field advantage formula—tied to the outcome of the annual All-Star Game. For one thing, it turned what
should be a fun exhibition into a winner-take-all proposition on a
one-game sample size. Silly. Plus, we already have a
big sample size to work with in the daily Interleague play. Just total up all those games and whichever league has the most victories gets home field in
The Fall Classic. The new
Collective Bargaining Agreement gives a less elegant solution—but we'll take it! From now on,
whichever pennant winner has the better regular-season record gets home field.
Much better.
