Houston Strong, You Pissants? Are We Now So Blatant That A National Tragedy Wins You Championships?

Courtesy of Brooks Baseball and one very pissed-off Dodger fan anonymous friend, here's all you need to look at for a RIGGED Game 2 of the World Series:

Green are called balls, red called strikes  Houston threw the triangles, the Dodgers threw the circles.

I count at least 15-18 relevant pitches, including eight blatant ones thrown by Houston to left-handed Dodger pitchers well off the outside of the plate.

And the Dodger pitching couldn't get more than one or two calls all night.

Why?  I've got several standing opinions right now...

• MLB has intentionally placed inexperienced umpires to aid Houston in winning this series.  Not unlike 2002, if the Dodgers can't get at least equivalent in the calling of the strike zone, they run the risk for what exactly happened to their bullpen in the 8th through 11th innings.  Phil Cuzzy called balls and strikes in Game 1, Paul Nauert in Game 2.  Both are umping their first World Series.
• FOX (like Turner before them in the National League playoffs) is having a serious hard-on against the Dodgers right now.  Not only is most of the coverage on Turner slanted, it's clear that the Dodger ace is struggling, the Dodger bullpen is due to crash, and the Houston pitcher tonight is so on, he's unhittable.  And then, after watching Houston celebrate on the bases and the like, NOW Joe Buck has a problem with Charlie Culberson hits a big home run?
• Oh, and, about this "GR8ST WKND EVER"...  FOX has been promoting the Hell out of this weekend for their programming, since at least Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.  College football and Game 4 Saturday, NFL and Game 5 Sunday.  No "If Necessary" of any kind on the Game 5 stuff.  NONE. ZERO.
• And, then, the biggie:  Houston Strong.  T-Mobile is trying to make some money for hurricane relief, but are we now at the point, once again, that it takes a national tragedy for a team to win a championship, should the situation merit?

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS, FOX?

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS, MLB??

That was the most rigged game I've seen in years for baseball -- and I'm a Giants fan!!  (Much to my anonymous friend's occasional chagrin...)

Are we getting so obvious that even the Astros are seeing it?  This, from Game 1 starter Dallas Keuchel, via Tyler Kepner, baseball writer for the New York Times:

"I think the balls are juiced, 100%," Dallas Keuchel said. "Major League Baseball wants to put on a show." 8 HR tonight=World Series record.

— Tyler Kepner (@TylerKepner) October 26, 2017