barry@ihuxt.UUCP (R. G. Barry) (08/30/84)
I believe that a law was passed in 1982 in Illinois that prohibits night baseball at Wrigley Field. Also, there is not enuf time for the legislature to meet to change that law.
rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) (08/31/84)
Latest article from the Chicago Tribune says that Bowie Kuhnn had made a statement that there would be no night baseball in Chacago, BUT: - If the Cubs win the pennant, they would give up their home team advantage, and become the visiting team, thus getting only 3 home games instead of 4 (assuming a seven game series) - Thus, the AL team would play the first two at home, then move to Chicago for three, then back to the AL city for two. This is quoite different from the earlier proposal I had heard to just delay the series a few days, so that all 4 Cubs home games could be played on week-ends. As far as I'm concerned it stinks! Kuhn is still saying that the Cubs have to give up some home team advantage, just because they do things differently. It's like changing the rules of the game after the game is half over. One thing's for sure. We haven't heard the end of this one yet. Bob Schleicher ihuxk!rs55611
kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP (09/01/84)
#R:ihuxt:-67700:uiucdcs:12900022:000:471 uiucdcs!kaufman Sep 1 13:59:00 1984 But is it really a home team advantage? If the series goes 4 or 6 games, there are an equal amount of games in each park. If it goes 5, the team which wouldn't have the advantage in a 7 game series has the extra home game. And on sheer probability, with each team having a 50-50 chance of winning any game, the chance of a 5 game series is 1/4, while the probability of a 7 game series is 5/16. So any home advantage is slight at best. Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman)