Like the 1982 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, in which Milwaukee joined the National League in 1998 but faced each other in the 2011 NLCS, the 2005 World Series is one of only two World Series in the modern era (1903–present) with no possibility for a rematch between the two opponents, but possible in the League Championship Series, because the Astros moved to the AL in 2013. The Astros would next return to the World Series in 2017 as an AL franchise, where they would win in seven games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Astros would return to the Fall Classic again in 2019, but fell short to the Washington Nationals, losing in 7 games.