As we gear up for the final days of this playoff run, a couple years earlier than any of us imagined, it might be a good time to think back to the last playoff run the Astros had, ending in the first Astros World Series appearence in 2005.
Terry Lawrence has written an account of that playoff run in October Dreams. It comes endorsed by none other than Drayton McLane Jr.,
On October 25,2005 Minute Maid Park played host to the first World Series game ever played in the state of Texas.