I’m not a fan of the Houston Astros, and I’m not rooting for them to win the World Series. In my ideal world, they wouldn’t have made the playoffs at all, because my Oakland A’s would have won the AL West division instead.
But here we are, and last week the Astros faced off against the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. With Houston being both our bitter division rival and the trendy villains of MLB after their recent cheating scandal, it seemed obvious to root against them as A’s fans. This was a total no-brainer and shouldn’t even require a second thought.