the astros was the texas team that won the 2017 world series.
the astros was the texas team that won the 2017 world series.
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the 2017 world series was the championship series of major league baseball's (mlb) 2017 season. the 113th edition of the world series, it was played between october 24 and november 1. the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the national league (nl) champion los angeles dodgers and the american league (al) champion houston astros. it was sponsored by the internet television service youtube tv and officially known as the "2017 world series presented by youtube tv".
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the 1940 season carried the momentum from the previous year as texas was officially ranked in the ap poll for the first time. after an 8–2 season in 1940 where noble doss made the infamous "impossible catch" to set up texas' 7–0 victory over texas a&m kept the aggies from repeating as national champions and appearing in the rose bowl. in 1941, bible then led the longhorns to their 1st no. 1 ranking in 1941 during the season and finished the year 8–1–1 where many sportswriters named the 1941 team national champions however they were not selected by the ap poll that year. the 1941 texas team is however recognized by the ncaa as national champions. texas won its first six games of the season, three by shutouts. after a 34–0 win over southern methodist, the longhorns reached no. 1 in the polls and seemed destined for the rose bowl until a 7–7 tie in waco against baylor. smu coach matty bell proclaimed ut as "the greatest team in southwest conference history ... even better than my rose bowl team of 1935." when the longhorns arrived back at their dormitory from beating the mustangs, "miss grif", the house mother, placed a long-stemmed rose on each plate at the dinner table. texas anxiously awaited their opportunity to receive a rose bowl bid having turned down bids from the cotton, orange, and sugar bowls that year. rose bowl officials elected not to award the bid to texas since they had one remaining game against oregon, who had already lost to oregon state earlier that year. after not being awarded the bid, texas then took out its frustration on oregon, overwhelming them 71–7. the longhorns of 1941 were featured on the cover of life magazine, and are still to this day considered one of the greatest texas teams of all time. the longhorns of 1941 were the first texas team to reach the no. 1 ranking in the ap poll. it was the first texas team to have consensus all-americans selected and the first to win the inaugural hat-inspired trophy for the winner of the texas-oklahoma game at the state fair. also, because of the 1941 longhorns, fans first burned red candles at a hex rally against texas a&m. they even escorted the team with a torchlight parade, another tradition that still lives today.
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