The Astros are leaning into the role of villain

After a two-month firestorm in which the extent of their cheating operation was revealed, and after a week of players around the league voicing their displeasure at both the Astros and at Major League Baseball for not punishing them in a manner they deem sufficient, the Astros are pushing back. Probably because the Dodgers were the team the 2017 Astros beat in the World Series, at least in part by cheating.