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The 2017 Houston Astros season was the 56th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 53rd as the Astros, fifth in both the American League and American League West, and 18th at Minute Maid Park. The entered the season as having posted a second consecutive winning season after six consecutive losing ...
The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season.The 113th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros.
The Astros retained their 2017 World Series championship title. [6] A Wall Street Journal article published a few weeks after the MLB report revealed new details about the sign-stealing operation, including that it originated during the 2016 season. After the scandal broke, players on the 2017 Astros apologized to varying degrees.
The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2017 postseason pitting the second-seeded Houston Astros against the fourth-seeded New York Yankees for the American League pennant and the right to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in seven ...
In 2014, Sports Illustrated predicted the Astros would win the 2017 World Series through their strategic rebuilding process. [84] [85] As of June 9, 2017, the Astros were 41–16, which gave them a 13.5-game lead over the rest of their division and comfortable possession of the best record in the entire league. This was the best start in the ...
As far-fetched as the idea seemed at the time, the Astros are now on the cusp of history, years past their seasons of losing 105 games. A mocked 2014 Sports Illustrated cover predicted the Houston ...
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Houston Astros National League franchise (1965–2012) and current American League franchise (2013–present), also known previously as the Houston Colt .45's (1962–1964).
The cover boldly predicted that the Astros would be World Series champions in 2017, and was backed up by a story from Ben Reiter entitled " Astro-Matic Baseball: Houston's Grand Experiment," which ...