Home. The very idea generally conveys thoughts of safety and comfort. “Home Sweet Home”, “Home is where the heart is” and all of those other cliché-type things that dominate modern English speech. In sports, home is generally considered a good thing. In baseball, the idea is to score runs by getting “home” before being tagged out, with runs scored by touching “home” plate. Various statistical analyses show that teams playing at home will have an advantage, and the general rule of thumb is that even bad teams player better at home than on the road.
Yet, Home is not always a great thing.