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WASHINGTON — It was a routine dress rehearsal, not an inflammatory prediction. A stage was set up in the Nationals Park last week so that Major League Baseball could practice for a trophy presentation as the World Series shifted from Houston with Washington holding a two-games-to-none lead.
A photograph of the exercise was shared on Twitter, and the reaction from both fan bases was swift: How could the Nationals be so cocky? Washington fans thought bringing out the stage was playing with fire. The Astros fans agreed, gleefully.
“This is such bad karma,” one fan wrote on Twitter.