Apollo Creed 1, Rocky 4

Can we get the regular season over with? Yes, the Braves could still technically catch the Dodgers, Houston or the Yankees for home field advantage, but I’m reasonably sure none of those is going to happen. If Minnesota makes it to the World Series along with the Braves, home field advantage is currently up for grabs: 93 wins each, with the Braves holding the tiebreaker. (Oakland could possibly catch us as well, or even Tampa Bay at the outside.) It would be highly amusing to me if the Braves ended up losing home field advantage to the Twins when Chip was blathering on about how important it would be for the Twins to beat a rapidly fading Nationals team last week. It’s already amusing enough that the Braves-Minnesota site decision is in the hands of the Kansas City Royals. Nine of their ten remaining games are against the Twins (7) and the Braves (2). So, Chip: Braves fans are huge Royals fans for the rest of the season, except for a couple of days next week.

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