Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won by Wertheim L. Jon & Tobias Moskowitz

Author:Wertheim, L. Jon & Tobias Moskowitz [Wertheim, L. Jon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Published: 2011-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

So let’s take stock of all we know: When athletes are at home, they don’t seem to hit or pitch better in baseball, shoot free throws better in basketball, slap goals better in hockey shootouts, or pass better in football. The home crowd doesn’t appear to be helping the home team or harming the visitors. We checked “the vicissitudes of travel” off the list. And although scheduling bias against the road team explains some of the home field advantage, particularly in college sports, it’s irrelevant in many sports. The notion that teams are assembled to take advantage of unique home characteristics isn’t borne out, either.

Yet if home teams are winning more games so consistently, players on those teams surely must be doing something better than their opponents. What else is giving the home team its sizable edge?

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