Every book, movie, tv show, play, whathaveyou has a villain. Someone with varying motivations that is doing something that society can pretty much agree is wrong. You were rooting for Iosev Tarasov's demise because he killed John Wick's puppy - a present from his dead wife! - over his car. Simon Gruber could certainly have robbed the Federal Reserve had his hubris not gotten in the way and John McClane and Zeus Carver got in his way. When there is a villain, there is balance.
Let's reset the scene from Saturday night:
-The Astros, up 3-2 in the ALCS over the Yankees, had a 4-2 lead in the top of the 9th.