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It is very common in basketball and football to see a team want the ball last in a tie game or when losing the game. Like many sports, teams want the ball last.

If the home team is winning more games, it’s a better situation for the home crowd and home city in general. In the early stages of baseball, this rule was made because it was hypothesized that the home team would win a greater percentage of games if they batted last.

The rule in baseball to have the visiting team bat first and the home team bat last is to give the home team the final chance to win the game. The visiting team has run out of at bats or innings to keep the game from ending. The home team would have no reason to take their last at-bats in the bottom half of the 9 th inning because they have already won the game. If the visiting team is losing in the top half of the 9 th inning (which is the last inning), and they do not score enough runs to tie or take the lead in the game, then the home team wins. In baseball, the home team would only bat last if the game is tied or the home team is losing.įor example, in Major League Baseball a game is 9 innings. Will the home team in baseball always bat last?