Major League Baseball should thank the Houston Astros, at least today. Because after relief pitcher Joe Kelly of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw behind Alex Bregman and mocked Carlos Correa, the Astros are back in the spotlight, which means, for the moment, the situation with the Miami Marlins isn't.
And while in a different time, MLB being reminded of a cheating scandal may not have been exactly ideal, the reaction to the Astros certainly put the attention back on the field. Look, I’m not one to celebrate Kelly hurling a 90 something mile per hour fastball near any player’s head, no matter what they did.