How did the Astros get here?
A little backstory: When I was 4 years old, my family moved to the Houston area. Around that same time, I was signed up for my first season of tee ball. Little did I know at the time that those two events coinciding would end up morphing into one of my passions, and creating one of the greatest memories of my relatively short time on Earth on November 1, 2017. On Wednesday, the Houston Astros won their first World Series championship in franchise history. From the Colt .45's, and then after years of not being able to advance in the playoffs in their awesome rainbow jerseys, and then after the glory years of the Killer B’s who would influence my generation of kids playing baseball in Houston, and then after years of mediocrity, and then after years of the worst baseball you’ve ever seen, it finally happened. Let’s take a little trip down memory lane to find out how the Houston Astros came to be known as World Champions. October 22, 2005 After getting over the hump...