Despite the roar of a mob of 50,000 hateful fans, booing, jeering, and yelling “cheater, cheater,” for something he didn’t do eight years ago, Jose Altuve reminded Dodgers fans of the real reason they hate him. No, not cheating. More like that extra-inning, game-winning homer in Dodger Stadium in Game 2 of the World Series, that’s why they hate him.
It feels so righteous to call him a cheater, but Jose doesn’t care. Amidst the angry jeers that sounded like another LA earthquake, in the third inning, Jose silenced the noisy crowd with a bomb to deep left-center, bringing back traumatic memories of Altuve homers past against the Dodgers in prime time.