Waking the Red's midweek (usually) call for your questions – Post-DC, Pre-Columbus Edition
Home.
A simple word that evokes a variety of feelings, both good and bad.
It can be warm: a place of belonging, shelter from the storm; the comfort of. Such idealization is not always the case, however: broken, those without; the loss of.
That same dichotomy exists, in its own way, in sports.
Playing on the road can be difficult. Not only are the creature comforts of home unavailable and travel an issue, but large swathes of the audience are actively routing against – that can have its advantages as well, but more often than not, one would always prefer the crowd onside.