<P> Following the acceptance of a new collective bargaining agreement after the 2016 season, home - field advantage in the World Series will no longer be tied to the outcome of the All - Star Game, but will instead go to the team with the better regular - season record . </P> <P> Until 1998, the LCS alternated home - field advantage with a 2 - 3 format in the best - of - 5 era (1969--84) and a 2 - 3 - 2 format when it went to best - of - 7 (1985--present). Since 1998 the team with the better record has had this advantage, except that in no case can the wild card ever secure the extra home game, regardless of regular - season records . </P> <P> Until 1998, the Division Series rotated which of the three division champions would not have home - field advantage, with the wild card never having it . Now the two division winners with the best records in each league have home field, with the least - winning divisional winner and the wild card not having home field . The DS used a 2 - 3 format until 1998 and now uses a 2 - 2 - 1 format . This is seen as a more fair distribution of home - field advantage because previously under the 2 - 3 format, the team hosting the first two games had absolutely no chance of winning the series at home . With the current 2 - 2 - 1 format however, both teams have the home - field advantage in a sense . While one team gets to host three games (including the critical first and last game), the other team does get two chances out of three (games 3 and 4) of winning the series on its home field . </P> <P> With the adoption of the expanded playoff format in 2012, the five - game Division Series began with two home games for the lower seeds, followed by up to three home games for the higher seeds . This one - year change eliminated a travel day prior to a decisive Game 5 of a Division Series and was necessary because the 2012 regular - season schedule was announced before the agreement on the new postseason was reached . For 2013, the Division Series returned to the 2 - 2 - 1 format that was used from 1998 to 2011 . </P>

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