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Commentary: Booed at World Series, Trump becomes victim of his own chaos offensive

There's no crying in baseball - but there is booing, jeering and chanting "Lock Him Up!" if President Donald Trump is in the ballpark.

Forget whatever happened on the field, Game 5 of the 2019 World Series will be remembered as one of the rare occasions a sitting (or former) president has been met with the type of high-decibel, visceral loathing usually reserved for visiting teams.

It's all the more remarkable considering the last 48 hours should have been a media boon for the president rather than a colossal bust with his humiliation at Nationals Park in

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