Team of Faith and Fate, Houston Astros win their first World Series!

Houston Astros pitcher Charlie Morton closed a Game 7 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers to secure the Astros their first title in 55 years as a franchise. (Screenshot via Major League Baseball and FOX Sports)

Mission complete.

After 55 years as a franchise, the Houston Astros have won their first World Series championship in their second-ever World Series appearance.

The Astros are bringing home the Commissioner's Trophy to the city of Houston after a very emotional summer following Hurricane Harvey.

Fittingly, as part of one of the greatest sports stories ever told, the Astros completed a historic turnaround culminating in perhaps the greatest, hardest-fought World Series of all time.

To get the full scope of how inspirational this ball club has been, we have to go back to a painful piece of history made this year in the city of Houston.

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During the days of August 25 to August 29, Hurricane Harvey hit the Texan and Louisianan gulf coast.

The category 4 hurricane's winds peaked at 134 mph, bringing along anywhere three to over five feet of rain to southeast Texas and Louisiana.

By the end of the storm, 82 people have died. The fourth-largest city in the United States had been brought to its knees. The people of Houston were left emotionally, psychologically and physically damaged.

Joe Dodson, a Korean era Marine veteran, gets a lift on an air boat out of his flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain water, remnants of Hurricane Harvey, on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas.

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Jim Crane, the owner of the Houston Astros, decides to do something about it. The man that was raised in a St. Louis suburb, now a billionaire, decides to donate $4 million to relieve hurricane aid efforts.

"We are committed to doing our part to provide aid and assistance to the thousands of Houston-area residents that are desperately in need right now," Crane said in a statement released by the team. "We encourage others in our region and beyond to help out in any way that they can."

This won't be the only time Jim Crane assists in hurricane relief efforts in 2017. Following the impact of Hurricane Maria, Crane sent two planes filled with "almost 300,000 pounds" of supplies to assist aid efforts.

Crane also sent a third plane to help the family members of his baseball club that were stranded on the island.

The example set by Crane became the identity of who the Astros became in 2017.

Tom Verducci reported during Game 7 that the Houston Astros had a symbolic picture beside the lineup sheet at Minute Maid Park.

The team had an image of a submerged vehicle after Hurricane Harvey made landfall. In the players' lockers, there were pictures of the effects of Harvey.

Carlos Correa said that if the team could give three or four hours of "happiness and joy" to the fans, they were "doing their job".

Boy did they do their job.

The Astros played with a "Houston Strong" patch following Hurricane Harvey. (Photo courtesy of SI.com)

Honestly, I have a bit of bias liking the "Houston Strong" slogan.

In 2013, my hometown team, the Boston Red Sox, played under the "Boston Strong" slogan following the Boston Marathon Bombings on April 15, 2013. I cheered, prayed and cheered for that team. When the Sox won the World Series, it became a symbol of my city's strength.

The Houston Astros became the strength, the crutch of Houston. Although Astros manager A.J. Hinch didn't want to overstate the meaning of the ball club on the city following Harvey, one can sense the importance that this team has provided for a healing city.

The Astros became stronger as Houston healed. Although Houston had a commanding 78-50 record and 12.5-game lead in the AL West, following Hurricane Harvey and the month of August, the Astros closed the season winning 21 of their last 29 games.

From September 1 to World Series Game 5, the Houston Astros won 17 of their last 20 home games. Speaking of September 1...

Justin Verlander arrived in Houston following all 13 of his MLB seasons with the Detroit Tigers. (Photo courtesy of the Houston Chronicle)

The Justin Verlander trade has to be one of the most successful trades of 2017. The persistence and will to make a deep playoff push shows that Jim Crane, A.J. Hinch and the Houston Astros wanted to win the World Series this year.

The Astros' journey to the World Series was not a cakewalk. A four-game ALDS against the Boston Red Sox was well-played. The ALCS between the Astros and the Yankees was filled with nailbiters but for every game, the home team won.

The advantage of playing at Minute Maid Park in Houston gave the Astros the upper hand that landed them their first AL pennant in franchise history.

The World Series came and the Astros turned the series around in an epic Game 2 that sent a tied series into Houston. In a stellar performance by Brad Peacock, the Astros won their first ever World Series home game.

Although they lost Game 4, Game 5 was a symbol of strength and undeniable persistence when trailing. After being down four runs and then three, the Astros immediately answered back. In the final game at Minute Maid Park in 2017, the Astros made it count and gave host to perhaps one of the greatest World Series games ever seen.

They won 13-12 in an instant classic. The Astros lost again in Game 6. However, the early outburst by the Astros sent the fans watching on at Minute Maid Park in Houston back home go into a frenzy.

The Houston Astros, in the Fall Classic that will forever go down as one of the best, delivered what their city had asked of them: one moment of "happiness and joy". The Astros have had Craig Biggio, Nolan Ryan, Carlos Lee, Jose Valverde, all the possible weapons. In 2005, they clinched their first ticket to the World Series but were swept by the Chicago White Sox.

They didn't have this team. The heart, the spirit, the excitement and energy these 25 studs give to the city of Houston.

The Houston Astros have completed mission inconceivable. Just a few years removed from three consecutive 100-loss seasons, the Astros won 101 in 2017.

The Houston Astros have completed mission unbelievable. In a club with an average budget, homegrown stars became the formula to a title.

The Houston Astros...after 55 long, turbulent, torturous years, have finally won their first World Series.

The Houston Astros have gone through a lot this year, as has the city of Houston. (Photo courtesy of CNN)

Congratulations to the city of Houston and the Houston Astros. The true team of the Heartland.