Dan Patrick's MLB Home Field Advantage Solution

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should be the same as basketball. whoever has the better record gets HFA. If the two world series teams have the same reg season record, then which ever league had the better interleague numbers should get HFA. If that is also a tie, then the universe will implode upon itself.

I don't really see what is wrong with the old way, just alternating. The best record would indicate that the team possibly played weaker competition, and not necessarily deserve the home field advantage. I don't think it should be on a whole league basis though, as in AL vs NL interleague records, that doesn't seem quite right, it could cause a better team to lose home field because the Royals or the Pirates give up early on a season. I'm in faovr of alternating, its easy.

doesn't every other sport do it best record?

well every other sport would be NHL & NBA because NFL is actually a Neutral site game.Hockey is the best record,NBA not sure. My friend brought this up to me the other day that doing homefield as best record gives teams a reason to play a season fully and not coast down the stretch.just say...

Mets and white sox with 20 games to go are 95-47 but the mets lead in the NL is 18 games and the white sox is 4 even though the mets have a comfortable lead and could go .500 the final 20 games and still be a winner by over 10 games they would have to play it out because the Wsox who are only 4 games up are still playing for their division and/or playoff lives. i can deal with alternating but i think best record would be better.and did anyone see the play where hoffman had the ball blasted right back at him? that adds to the discussion on a different post about injuries during the all-star game.