Astros weren't great in regular season, but neither were these teams that reached World Series
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What happened
The Astros are the first team with a .500 record to make the MLB postseason. They can look this list of teams who also underachieved in the regular season, but got hot at the right time.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below