PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES +165 over Houston Astros in World Series----Houston won 19 more regular season games than Phil and did not lose any post season games.   With suspect Phillies starters Suarez,  Falter and Syndergaard,  Houston does have a starting pitchers advantage(but why did Verlander get rocked by Seattle?).   Astros have my initials in the bullpen,  but Phillies have my actual name in two key places..........and a #17 who starts...........and a German.   (Houston is a mostly Latin American team).   Harper played 7 seasons for the Nationals.........who were a .500 team when he left.  Nationals win WS the very next year.   So what is Harper thinking?  "Hmm,  I kinda want to go to the WS too."   So its his motivation.............against the Astros shameful history of ..............cheating.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/pickaxe-wielding-woman-attacks-pasadena-home-where-grandmother-was-babysitting-newborn/(The 65-year-old woman, identified as Beverly Baker, returned several times over the course of a few minutes and wreaked havoc on the home located in the 1700 block of Asbury Drive.......

Tchoukadarian estimates Baker caused about $20,000 worth of damage to the home.)

      I just can't see Dusty Baker winning after this heinous Kristallnacht.)(Lose 4-2.........World Series MVP Christian Javier pitches no-hitter in Game 4 in Philadelphia,  breaking Phillies momentum.  After that,  Phillies forget how to hit and don't hit.  See the movie 'Tar',  by Focus Features/NBCUni,  which had opened 5 days before the critical no-hitter:  the girl who'd committed suicide was KRISTA  Taylor.   I see that influence as cracking what had been an on-track, winning conspiracy)