Thursday Morning Hot Links

Note: I woke up three hours late this morning. These are abbreviated. I'm still mad.

I don't even know where to start. The Astros "lost" last night 8-6 in Game 4 after Jose Altuve's game-tying home run in the first was erroneously ruled as fan interference by someone who gets paid to do their job, and also by replay officials who are also presumably paid to get calls right. They did not. Astros pitchers failed in big spots and now the Astros need three straight wins in order to win their second consecutive pennant and World Series.

*The Red Sox are now 86.5% favorites to win the series, via FanGraphs.

FiveThirtyEight says the Red Sox win 88% of the simulations, though Houston wins 60% of the…