Last night, the Houston Astros beat the Cardinals 5-1 to win the NLCS and head to the World Series. The World Series starts Saturday in Chicago and will be signficant for many reasons:
The Astros’ victory guarantees a World Series that will produce a champion that hasn’t won in generations, and in Houston’s case, not at all. The White Sox, who will host the first game Saturday, last won a championship in 1917, and the Astros have never even played for the title. Between them, the two franchises entered this year having combined to play more than 130 seasons without a World Series victory.
I don’t have a dog in this fight but I’m hoping that the White Sox win if only for the sake of baseball history.
