Wednesday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros did not have the drama of Tuesday’s possible headhunting and bench clearance, but the bad blood of a World Series won by cheating was still evident. It was never clearer than when Dodgers’ affable color commentator Orel Hershiser dropped …
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