LOS ANGELES -- The Houston Astros are all alone in the baseball stratosphere, coming through just when their city needed them most.
Just a little over two months ago, the Astros were displaced, disconsolate and helpless, grieving that they could not do more for a city ravaged by Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath. All the Astros could do then was play baseball, to give their fans common cause and a little distraction.
All they can do now is revel in the first World Series title in the history of both the city and the state.