ALVIN, Texas -- The emotions still pour out of Astros president Reid Ryan. That's what winning a World Series championship will do. That's what returning to the small town where you grew up and sharing the Commissioner's Trophy with those who watched you grow up will do.
Two and a half months after the Astros beat the Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series, Ryan still got choked up when he stood in front of about 400 people Thursday afternoon at the joint meeting of the Alvin Lions and Rotary clubs and talked about what coming home with the trophy means to him and this community of 24,326 people.