As much as I want the Phillies in 5 (split, then win here)...
I feel this is going to be a 7 game series. The Astros are an awesome team. It's a shame they have no leadership, or sense of how hollow a tainted win rings forever in their soul. This is why they will eventually lose, and lose shamefully, at home. The facts are that the entire team knew they were cheating, not just the cheaters. The fact is that the pandemic gave the cheaters cover, so they did not get the immediate feedback necessary to learn the lesson. Texas: you can go back to Mexico any time...they have great baseball. You are losers, because you did not believe you were good enough to win without cheating.
I expect an outstanding series, and I wish all the players the very best opportunities to show us something transcending. We are not rooting for uniforms. Show us transcendent beauty of outrageous desire ... this is the one time of the season athletes will go into injury zone to make a play. I don't care what colors you wear now.
Bob Costas had a great comment on the Astro's cheating scandal recently. Let's get past it now.
Every human has this existential desire: to do my very best ... every worker, at every level, desires this.