The World Series is officially here, the grand finale of a season that Rob Manfred tried so hard to ruin. The 87-win Philadelphia Phillies prevailed, against almost all odds, to take down the big dogs of the National League and face the villainous, 106-win Houston Astros.
Facing the second-largest gap in regular season wins ever in a World Series (you might recognize the first, oh, just the solitary Crosstown World Series, won by the Good Guys in 1906), Philly punched the favorites in the mouth, taking the opener, 6-5, in 10 innings.