LOS ANGELES — Ten days ago, forget a title, the Houston Astros had never won so much as a World Series game since the year of their inception in 1962.
Then they stepped into Game 1 of this Fall Classic, led by their fearless and mostly flawless leadoff man George Springer … and Springer whiffed four times. He stunk up the place so badly he couldn’t have hit Los Angeles traffic if he exited the car pool lane. Debuts seldom go so wrong, even for D-list Hollywood actors.
Seems like, oh, 56 years ago now.