Doc's Morning Line: Dusty Baker, these Houston Astros should be easy to like

The Houston Astros committed baseball grand larceny to win a World Series four years ago. Stealing signs, banging trash cans, committing a cardinal sin against competition generally and baseball in particular. We haven’t let them forget it. They’re back in the Series beginning tonight.

What do you make of the Houston Astros?

After MLB’s investigation, the team fired GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch. No players were punished. Bench coach Alex Cora became manager of the Boston Red Sox the very next year. Houston kept the ’17 trophy. Cheaters prosper.

That’s the issue, and it’s far bigger than the cheating that prompted it.

We like our cheaters punished. We’ll probably forgive them eventually,…