Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board.

Can anybody think of anything in the world (real life, that is) that would be more utterly pointless than that? That would have less significance than a leaf falling from a tree in the middle of a forest.

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009
Home field advantage is based on a lot of things, but since we do not have crowds and attendance in HBD, we are limited.

The best system is to do with HFA what they did with money, everyone is equal.

Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board. This will give them a small but overcomeable advantage.

This will in many way aproximate HFA in real life, but not be hard to do or understand!

Home Field Advantage, Good for You...Good for Me...And good for HBD!!

Did even a single neuron in your brain fire before you typed this?

how are you guys still talking about this.

Quote: Originally Posted By snake_p on 7/23/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009
Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board.

Can anybody think of anything in the world (real life, that is) that would be more utterly pointless than that? That would have less significance than a leaf falling from a tree in the middle of a forest

you are just taking a position. Lets roll a 100 sided dice for $5 a roll and I get to add 2% to every roll. See how many leafs drop on you!

Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 7/23/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009

Home field advantage is based on a lot of things, but since we do not have crowds and attendance in HBD, we are limited.

The best system is to do with HFA what they did with money, everyone is equal.

Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board. This will give them a small but overcomeable advantage.

This will in many way aproximate HFA in real life, but not be hard to do or understand!

Home Field Advantage, Good for You...Good for Me...And good for HBD!!

Did even a single neuron in your brain fire before you typed this

perfect system. There seems to be about 5% we have to swing from away to home. If we factor out park and bat last, 2% seems fair.

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/24/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 7/23/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009

Home field advantage is based on a lot of things, but since we do not have crowds and attendance in HBD, we are limited.

The best system is to do with HFA what they did with money, everyone is equal.

Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board. This will give them a small but overcomeable advantage.

This will in many way aproximate HFA in real life, but not be hard to do or understand!

Home Field Advantage, Good for You...Good for Me...And good for HBD!!

Did even a single neuron in your brain fire before you typed this?

perfect system. There seems to be about 5% we have to swing from away to home. If we factor out park and bat last, 0% seems fair

FTFY

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/24/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By snake_p on 7/23/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009
Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board.

Can anybody think of anything in the world (real life, that is) that would be more utterly pointless than that? That would have less significance than a leaf falling from a tree in the middle of a forest.

you are just taking a position. Lets roll a 100 sided dice for $5 a roll and I get to add 2% to every roll. See how many leafs drop on you

swamp, your response is pure gibberish. But you knew that, of course. We all know you're just putting us on for as long as you can receive the attention.

Quote: Originally posted by Fregoe on 7/23/2009how are you guys still talking about this. 

+1

The only real homefield advantage in RL baseball is on defense. Your outfielders know how many steps it takes to get to the wall since they play half their games there. Your infielders know how the ball will bounce better. The defense knows quicker on whether they have a chance at a foul ball and stuff like that. In general, teams make fewer errors at home than they do on the road due to these factors. How much does it really affect the game, I can't say, but I think it would be very difficult to program.

On offense, it has already been said, build your team to suit your park. There is no advantage to knowing the dimensions of the park and the way the field moves when you are batting.

Quote: Originally Posted By buckicoyote on 7/25/2009
The only real homefield advantage in RL baseball is on defense. Your outfielders know how many steps it takes to get to the wall since they play half their games there. Your infielders know how the ball will bounce better. The defense knows quicker on whether they have a chance at a foul ball and stuff like that. In general, teams make fewer errors at home than they do on the road due to these factors. How much does it really affect the game, I can't say, but I think it would be very difficult to program.

On offense, it has already been said, build your team to suit your park. There is no advantage to knowing the dimensions of the park and the way the field moves when you are batting.

Anybody who sees the field moving while they are batting is a prime candidate for drug-testing.

Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 7/25/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By buckicoyote on 7/25/2009

The only real homefield advantage in RL baseball is on defense. Your outfielders know how many steps it takes to get to the wall since they play half their games there. Your infielders know how the ball will bounce better. The defense knows quicker on whether they have a chance at a foul ball and stuff like that. In general, teams make fewer errors at home than they do on the road due to these factors. How much does it really affect the game, I can't say, but I think it would be very difficult to program.

On offense, it has already been said, build your team to suit your park. There is no advantage to knowing the dimensions of the park and the way the field moves when you are batting.

Anybody who sees the field moving while they are batting is a prime candidate for drug-testing

How about the way the ball moves on the field. That was the way it was intended, but maybe not clear enough. Oops.

Quote: Originally Posted By snake_p on 7/24/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/24/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By snake_p on 7/23/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009
Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board.

Can anybody think of anything in the world (real life, that is) that would be more utterly pointless than that? That would have less significance than a leaf falling from a tree in the middle of a forest.

you are just taking a position. Lets roll a 100 sided dice for $5 a roll and I get to add 2% to every roll. See how many leafs drop on you!

swamp, your response is pure gibberish. But you knew that, of course. We all know you're just putting us on for as long as you can receive the attention

You made a reference to leaves falling, so I made a comment back about that.

You said that my 2% idea was pointless, I came back with a small example of what the imapct would be.

It of course made total sense, but since you disagree with me and are running out of ways to sell your patheitc argument, you have now sunk low enough to lie and hope nobody reads all the details.

And did you say I am seeking attention...Hello black pot, this is Kettle to balck pot!! You are the aknowledged king of the attention trolls!

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/27/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By snake_p on 7/24/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/24/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By snake_p on 7/23/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/23/2009
Add a 2% boost to the home team in everything across the board.

Can anybody think of anything in the world (real life, that is) that would be more utterly pointless than that? That would have less significance than a leaf falling from a tree in the middle of a forest.

you are just taking a position. Lets roll a 100 sided dice for $5 a roll and I get to add 2% to every roll. See how many leafs drop on you!

swamp, your response is pure gibberish. But you knew that, of course. We all know you're just putting us on for as long as you can receive the attention.

You made a reference to leaves falling, so I made a comment back about that.

You said that my 2% idea was pointless, I came back with a small example of what the imapct would be.

It of course made total sense, but since you disagree with me and are running out of ways to sell your patheitc argument, you have now sunk low enough to lie and hope nobody reads all the details.

And did you say I am seeking attention...Hello black pot, this is Kettle to balck pot!! You are the aknowledged king of the attention trolls!

Actually, you have no idea what the impact would be. That suggestion could just as easily cause the home team to win 95% of the games. Besides, HFA is already there with the ability to build your team around your ballpark. This is something that is not even broke.

Quote: Originally Posted By buckicoyote on 7/25/2009
The only real homefield advantage in RL baseball is on defense. Your outfielders know how many steps it takes to get to the wall since they play half their games there. Your infielders know how the ball will bounce better. The defense knows quicker on whether they have a chance at a foul ball and stuff like that. In general, teams make fewer errors at home than they do on the road due to these factors. How much does it really affect the game, I can't say, but I think it would be very difficult to program.

On offense, it has already been said, build your team to suit your park. There is no advantage to knowing the dimensions of the park and the way the field moves when you are batting.

How about the advantage of grooming your park to your needs. Slight slope keeping bunts fair.. for quick teams. Soaking the base paths for slow teams... etc

How do you program for that?