We spend the entire regular season obsessing over playoff seeding, in large part because home-field advantage is supposed to be such a big deal. And now here we are, seven games into the two League Championship Series, and the home teams are … 1-6.

It has led to a 2-2 deadlock in the ALCS , but it has also led to the very real possibility that the Dodgers, in front of their home fans, will clinch a spot in their second straight World Series , and their fifth in the past nine seasons, on Friday night. The Brewers had the best record in baseball during the regular season, though; you’ve got to think that shows up on the field at some point this series. Either way: It’s very possible Friday is the last day with more than one baseball game until March.

Throughout this postseason, I’ll

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