One Reason to Root for the Astros

The evening before the start of the 2022 World Series, between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies, Astros manager Dusty Baker feared Thursday Night Football would cost him. Baker, 73, was watching Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Baltimore Ravens. But the lifelong football fan and former high school gridiron star didn’t want to get too into the game. He needed to rest up before his latest quest to win his first World Series title as a manager, after a quarter century seasons leading five different clubs, started on Friday night at Houston’s Minute…