It will be the third time since 2017 that the teams have met head-on in the postseason, with the Astros making quick work of the Sox in the 2017 ALDS before the Red Sox avenged that defeat with their ALCS triumph a year later.
But like it or not, the series will also dig up a sordid event from the 2017 Astros season that managed to, directly and indirectly, involve the Sox, too.