Not even a fairytale World Series finish could conceal baseball's warts

Wednesday’s thrilling climax may have made up for the dreary start, but this year’s World Series offered no refuge from the broader problems facing baseball at the dawn of a new decadeIn the ninth inning of the Washington Nationals’ Game 7 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night, Fox color commentator John Smoltz quipped that the 2019 World Series was “the series of the unexpected”. For the first time in any major North American sport, the visiting team won a