Richard Justice: Peace & glove: Owners, players reach CBA deal.MLB Advanced Media, 1. Dezember 2016, abgerufen am 21. April 2017 (englisch): „Most of the changes were regarding issues that had been discussed for weeks, but one surprising twist is that home-field advantage in the World Series will no longer be tied to the All-Star Game, as first reported by The Associated Press. Instead, the pennant winner with the better regular-season record will get home-field advantage in the Fall Classic.“