Bill Shaikin: Astros are World Series favorites; Dodgers are close
by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times
Sep 30, 2019
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - October starts Tuesday, and so does the postseason. We could just tell you which teams are in, or we could tell you which team is going to win.
The Houston Astros, right?
We would like to tell you the Los Angeles Dodgers will win, and the grainy Kirk Gibson videos finally can be retired, and 30-year-olds all over the Southland can say they have seen the Dodgers win the World Series within their lifetime. It could happen, and it is long past time.
But pitching wins in October, and the Astros start with Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and
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