iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — After reviewing more than 20 seasons of major league baseball, researchers have uncovered the greatest advantage in the game- jet lag.
According to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, teams that travel across at least two time zones east-to-west have a greater negative affect on the home team in both their offensive and defensive play. Visiting teams got off easier with only their defensive game being impacted.
East-to-west travel has been blamed for decades on major jet lag. Humans have a difficult time adjusting their internal clocks to time differences in this direction.
The stat ‘home runs allowed,’ which measures the number of home runs hit against a pitcher, had the most profound results. When using this measure against the jet lag of either team, both away and home teams were affected.
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