ESPN and the west coast media needed a villain. Every WS has one, but these Astros are so damn likable with great story lines - hard to cheer against. Now they have their villain and they are gonna play it up. If there's a game 6 or 7, Yuli will be booed like crazy. Unfortunate because Yuli has a great story his own - star player in Cuba yet nothing to show for it, he defects risking never seeing his family again and makes it big in American baseball.
If you wanted to be offended, watch some d Bugs Bunny cartoons where he digs a hole all the way to China, wears a China cap and buck teeth. This was nothing.