"I have, how you say, home-field advantage," he said. From Wordnik.com. [In This Field of Dreams, the Gold] Reference
And with it, home-field advantage in the World Series. From Wordnik.com. [National League Wins All-Star Game For First Time Since 1996] Reference
Throw in the home-field advantage and Boston wins in six. From Wordnik.com. [Where Have You Gone, Joe Torre?] Reference
But winning the division and home-field advantage won't be so easy. From Wordnik.com. [Yankees, at a Crossroads, Are Walloped by Rays] Reference
Don't discount the home-field advantage of Edwards among white men. From Wordnik.com. [Video: Obama's South Carolina Victory Speech] Reference
The home-field advantage they provide their team in 2014 should be immense. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup 2014: What to Watch For in Brazil] Reference
Mr. Maddon has been frustrated with the lack of home-field support in Rays-ville. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Yankees Deserve Respect] Reference
The one bright spot for the U.S. teams is a home-field advantage unlike any other. From Wordnik.com. [Slip Sliding Away] Reference
The government had a significant home-field advantage, which it was unable to press. From Wordnik.com. [Bin Laden Driver's Sentence] Reference
Usually, home-field advantage during the World Cup applies only to the host country. From Wordnik.com. [Look Out, Europe: Here Comes Africa] Reference
Judge Garland enjoys something of a home-field advantage because he serves on the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Ex-Clerks Are Potent Lobbyists for High-Court Hopefuls] Reference
The difference is the Republicans have an inherent home-field advantage in this election. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2006] Reference
According to the article, Lenovo: won't exactly be highlighting its home-field advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Monroe Price: The Olympics, Lenovo and the IOC Corporate "Social Compact"] Reference
Given all this, logic favors Tampa Bay and Philadelphia, the teams with home-field advantages. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball's Little Princes] Reference
What did you think of the All-Star game's determining home-field advantage in the World Series?. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
Their primary concern is maintaining home-field advantage for the playoffs, and that means focus. From Wordnik.com. [Giants-Steelers Could Provide Super Preview] Reference
Starting in 2003, the league that won the All-Star Game got home-field advantage in the World Series. From Wordnik.com. [How to Boost All-Star Game Ratings] Reference
The men scored only one goal in three games in the 2008 Olympics, when they had home-field advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Why Chinese Soccer Teams Stink] Reference
If history's a guide, China's "home-field" advantage should lift its medal count by at least 15 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Olympian Ambitions] Reference
The Super Bowl is not a contest with home-field advantage in play; it's an event with the world watching. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Brandt: THe NFL's Empire State of Mind] Reference
Apple could give iBooks a home-field advantage in the App Store, or begin preinstalling it on future iPads. From Wordnik.com. [For Amazon, Arrival of the iPad Opens Door to More e-Book Sales] Reference
You now have a permanent DH rule, you have a re-entry rule, and it's home-field advantage for the World Series. From Wordnik.com. [Strasburg the all-star, via Dibble and Dmitri Young] Reference
HOPKINS: Well, and also if you have the home-field advantage, chances are you're going to win the World Series, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2003] Reference
Even given the fact that the home-field advantage goes to the team with the better record, this is a significant edge. From Wordnik.com. [Icing an NFL Playoff Victory] Reference
On top of this, 67 percent of the umpires are from the United States, and the team has home-field advantage throughout. From Wordnik.com. [Big League Crisis at the World Baseball Classic] Reference
Far more important, winning the All-Star Game would also deliver the home-field advantage in any World Series seventh game. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: More Meaningless Play] Reference
They cruised into the playoffs with the best record in the National League and had home-field advantage against the Dodgers. From Wordnik.com. [A Cubs Boy, in the Shadow of the Yankees] Reference
With home-field advantage for the playoffs on the line, the Fire's victory secured the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Boose: Chris Rolfe Records Hat Trick in Fire's Last Regular Season Game] Reference
As for the current moment, Mr. Jennings uses his home-field advantage to capture moments that an out-of-town writer might miss. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble On and Off the Gridiron] Reference
The most prominent feature was the hussade field and its dilapidated old bleachers, once the home-field of the Saurkash Serpents. From Wordnik.com. [Trullion: Alastor 2262]
Even MLB took steps to make its All-Star Game more relevant by giving the winning league home-field advantage in the World Series. From Wordnik.com. [You May Say I'm A Dreamer] Reference
No one ever said anything about home-field advantage, maybe because no one ever thought even that would help America's World Cup team. From Wordnik.com. [You Gotta Believe] Reference
I think the question we have today is, how big is the wave, and can that wave overcome the home-field advantage that Republicans have. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2006] Reference
Teams play all season to have home-field advantage in the playoffs, or at least the playoffs through the conference championship games. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Brandt: THe NFL's Empire State of Mind] Reference
And there is always Vancouver, where the venues are on schedule and the home-field advantage will be back for the third time in 34 years. From Wordnik.com. [So Far in Beijing, Canada] Reference
A homosexual judge cannot help but give the home-field advantage to every legal team appearing before him who represents homosexual causes. From Wordnik.com. [Alvin McEwen: Shouldn't being a 'Values Voter' involve having decent values?] Reference
Four years after finishing a sorry 32nd of 32 teams in the World Cup, this was a U.S. squad that could reach the round of 16 without a home-field advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Accomplished, But ...] Reference
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