Both the Nats and the Os won home-field advantage for initial round of the playoffs by winning more games than anyone else in their leagues in the regular season.  But both went 0-2 for those 4 home games!  And most of the baseball pundits predicted both would roll over their weaker opponents who were very lucky to even be in the playoffs.

Tom Boswell, as usual, comes through today with another excellent article.  As he says, “Luck and breaks prey on minds at this time of year.”  And some players and teams get hot while others don’t.  And it’s also interesting that Las Vegas has been betting on the teams that have been losing this year!  This shows us once again that Pete Rose was betting on the wrong sport.