When is it OK to believe in a team? Are 45 games enough? Isn't Memorial Day supposed to be the first important checkpoint? The Astros have sprinted into this one with baseball's second-best record (29-16) and largest division lead (6 1/2 games).
Raise your hand if you saw this coming. Even those of us who believed that owner Jim Crane had a great plan and that general manager Jeff Luhnow had been doing brilliant work building an organization never figured it would happen this season.
Not after beginning a complete franchise overhaul just over three years ago.