Houston Astros cement dominant run with second World Series title

HOUSTON -- What will they say now?

If there was a theme -- a predominant question -- in the wake of the Houston Astros' title-clinching victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, that was it.

The Astros had secured their first World Series championship since the tainted one from 2017, punctuating a dominant six-year stretch that saw them finish no further than seven wins away from a ring at the end of each season. And so, what now? How will this title shape the Astros' legacy? What will it change, if anything, about the way baseball fans outside of Houston feel about them?

Those were the questions that littered a rowdy, champagne-soaked home clubhouse at Minute Maid Park as Saturday night turned…