Everyone in baseball was cheering for the Nats in the WS. The Astros have this air of arrogance, between the Osuna trade and firing all their scouts and the rumors of cheating. And Taubman didn’t start being a jerk in the ALCS. He was a jerk the whole time and had a major part in building the team. One of the reasons he got fired is because he had harassed the reporter he yelled at before.
I agree on all that too from things I've read from random places outside Washington sports forums. Also, lots of people hating the Astros for starting the tanking trend.
I also think that Cole's Boras hat stunt and proclamation he was no longer an employee of the Astros must have had something to do with disdain for the front office. Firing Reid Ryan to replace him with owner's son seemed off too. Something stinks about that organization and I
