When you lose 100+ games you know that you’ve had a rough year. We are gonna take a quick flashback to 2011 when the Astros had finished 56-106 and were considered the absolute laughing stock of the league. This franchise has done some serious rebuilding as well, so don’t think this team happened overnight. These teams both share that eye of the tiger and that passion for winning needed to lift up the city during a tough time. They had a city who rallied behind them and pushed them toward the title. They draw slight comparisons to the 2013 Boston Red Sox championship team who were “Boston Strong” after the Boston Marathon Bombing. In a year where the city needed a title and the Astros wanted to end a drought, they were able to accomplish both. Not only was this a big time to win a title for the city, but it is even more special since it’s the first championship in franchise history. They gave the city everything they possibly could have and the fans couldn’t be more happy.
It is almost like once Harvey happened, the eye of the tiger was instilled in every player on the team and they all had one common goal: Bring home a World Series Trophy for the city of Houston. JJ Watt of the Houston Texans raised over $35 million for the city, and the Astros were looking to do something big for the city as well. This was for the city and means a ton to the fans who supported the Astros during a tough time for the city with the devastation by Hurricane Harvey. This title means more than any ordinary World Series Championship. He was named World Series MVP and will hopefully be the league MVP someday in the league. Springer tallied 5 homers in the World Series, which is almost one home run per game, which is a scary stat for the Dodgers. The big catalyst for the Astros run has been All-Star slugger and World Series MVP George Springer. The dominated the Red Sox in the ALDS, then rallied from down 3-2 to beat the Yankees in the ALCS, and then to come up and rise above the adversity to defeat the Dodgers in 7 games to win their first Championship in franchise history was huge. The Astros put on a great performance this postseason. Yu Darvish ended up with the loss and struggled not even making it through the first 2 innings. Charlie Morton earned the W for the Astros surprisingly in 4 innings of relief. As you can tell by the first photo the Houston Astros became this year’s World Series Champions by a score of 5-1. As a baseball fan, before the game started I did not necessarily have preference for who I want to win the game, as I am a New York Yankees fan, but I got the butterflies just like any athlete before a big game and couldn’t wait to see Game 7.
3-3 series tied heading into a winner take all championship game. Game 7 of the World Series was everything baseball wanted heading into the game. The final recap of the season ends with the most amount of games played possible to reach the end.
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