There’s no question that the Quebec Capitales are complaining about playing their last final game abroad despite having a better regular-season record than the Evansville Otters.
“I like this. For me this formula is the right one,” said Michel Laplante, president of Capitales, on Sunday morning.
The current situation is caused by a system of alternating between the East and West divisions in terms of home advantage for the final. The current presence of the Empire State Grays in the East, a traveling club with mediocre performances, has particularly forced the Frontier Baseball League to adopt such a rule. The change is also very practical when it comes to travel planning, especially while waiting to find out which teams will win in the semi-finals.
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Laplante is a little less enthusiastic when he talks about the current format of the series, which is a suicide fight in each section, then the semi-finals (2 out of 3) and a finale (3 out of 5). It’s a little too short for his taste. The Capitals did their best for 2023 with this fifth and final meeting in the Finals.