You are correct, it doesn’t all hinge on it but our chances for advancing are a lot better with it and they should at least be making the effort to get it.
For the home field doesn’t matter crowd, if today’s result holds we will be 3-11 on the road against current playoff teams without going to Oakland yet.
I’m convinced the hats they sell at lids are not the same hats they wear on the field. I cannot ever get a hat that fits right from there yet they all look good when I see players wearing them.