31. For the home fans, it was a must-win match.
32. Gwynn, who has Ph.D. in baseball history, obviously would have preferred to reach his milestone before the home fans in San Diego.
33. He battles with the home fans who boo him, and went so far as to brand most of the state of Oregon racist.
34. He desperately wanted to get them in front of his adoring home fans.
35. He has been criticized by the news media and even booed at times by home fans.
36. Home fans can help home teams perform better in any sport.
37. Home field advantage means nothing in this contest since there are, well, almost no home fans.
38. Home fans will hoist their index fingers before and during games.
39. In the second event, P.J. Stock of the Rangers had the home fans chanting his initials as he outfought Kris King.
40. It had played with such suffocating dominance that the home fans no longer were pulling for a victory but simply for a pride-saving touchdown.