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54.2% of the time, home field advantage works every time

Mariano Rivera, #42, of the New York Yankees

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This time it counts, right?

Much emphasis (marketing emphasis, mostly) has been placed on the All-Star game determining the home field advantage in the World Series. Just as much talk in the past week has circled around who would get the No. 1 seed in both the National and American League playoffs and have home field advantage throughout the Division and Championship Series.

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