the results though are pretty compelling. But if there is no proven and coherent causal relationship, the primary origin of the results is nothing more than speculation. There can be any number of reasons why the team plays better at home (fan energy, familiar park, no travel, better food, whatever), but there is just as little evidence for each of these as there is for it being Ned's fault. Here are the splits: AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+
HOME .271 .340 .477 .817 110
ROAD .256 .320 .437 .757 102 Blaming a 15 point difference in batting average, 20 in on-base, and 40 in slugging solely on the way Ned manages seems just a little fallacious.