Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
How does this one rank for yall compared to 2017? I am not nearly as emotional, this one was more based on spite and shutting people up for me. We were clearly the best team, and proved it. 2017 was something I thought would absolutely never happen.
I'll be the first to admit I don't follow the Astros or baseball like many of you. Aggie/College Football is my #1 team/sport and I don't see that changing. When we finally win a National Championship, I'll probably breakdown and have a good ugly cry. But I do love this team and always have. There's just something about baseball. For our first anniversary, my wife checked off a bucket list item of mine, which was going to watch the Astros in Wrigley. We lost, as we usually did in 2012, but I will never forget that game.
That said, 2017 will always be the best for me because the Astros have been my favorite professional team my whole life. I remember going to the dome with my parents and sitting in the rainbow seats to watch the Astros, and the day I went with my Cub Scout den and we got to sit about 10 rows up from the outfield wall, it felt like we were a part of the rich folks being so close. I remember being in Dirty's (RIP) and seeing that we had traded Glen Davis to the Orioles and being sad because of it. Watching the classic matchups with the Braves in the 90's with my football coaches during school is something I'll never forget. We got so close in '05 only to do what Houston sports does when it matters. So finally being able to have a championship after so long and so many years of just not quite having it will never be topped. Couple that with the city rallying around the franchise after Harvey, and it couldn't have been written any better.
For me, 2022 was about shutting the ignorant fans up, and doing so in dominant fashion. For Bregman, Yuli, Verlander, LMJ, and most of all, Altuve, to give a "**** you" to those same fans by just winning is everything this franchise and city is now. The **** they went through the past few seasons brought that team as close as they can be and rallied an entire city around them. 2017 was a WS Championship for the city. 2022 was a WS Championship for themselves.