Houston has long history with St. Louis
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Long before the advent of cable TV, when the superstations in Chicago and Atlanta turned an inordinate number of locals into followers of the Cubs and Braves, the fledgling Houston Colt .
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The ties among the fans and the shared histories of the Buffalo Bills, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts run strong and deep.
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These are crazy days for the Cubs, who have known a lot of them in their long, anguished history.
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Craig Biggio has compiled a long list of highlights in his record 16 seasons in a Houston uniform: 1988: Became the first non-pitcher of the 1987 draft class to reach the majors when the Astros purchased his contract on June 26.
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Womack extended his hitting streak to 13 games...St. Louis has 47 road wins, which is greater than all other NL team&#39;s home wins...The Cardinals have won 31-of-43...This season series is tied at 5-5. Milwaukee
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Jeff Kent's three-run homer in the ninth inning gave Houston a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals Monday to move the Astros within one game of reaching the World Series for the first time in their 43-year history.
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ST. LOUIS - Houston was the only team to win a regular-season series from the St. Louis Cardinals. The Astros also are in position to become the third consecutive National League wild-card team to advance to the World Series.
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Jeff Kent's three-run homer in the  ninth inning gave Houston a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals  Monday to move the Astros within one game of reaching the World  Series for the first time in team history.
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In what has developed into an evenly matched National League Championship Series, the Astros appear to have three distinct advantages over the Cardinals.
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Houston has a humiliating history of October failure, having lost seven series overall and falling to Atlanta in the first round in 1997,&#39;99 and 2001.
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St. Louis, Mo. - Getting the third out of an inning against the St. Louis Cardinals has become a National League Championship Series-sized headache for the Houston Astros.
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Beltran set a postseason record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, snapping a seventh-inning tie with a solo shot as the Houston Astros posted a 6-5 triumph over the St.
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The News sports editor. HOUSTON - The Houston Astros weren&#39;t the only team in the Bayou City toasting a watershed achievement Sunday afternoon.
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The St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros are going the distance to decide the National League Championship Series. Jim Edmonds came through with a two-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Cardinals a 6-to-4 win over Houston.
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ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros are separated by 17 games in the National League Central Division standings.
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HOUSTON - A 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series reinforced Julian Tavarez&#39;s belief that St. Louis is better than Houston despite not having faced aces Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt.
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HOUSTON -- It should come as no surprise that two teams which refused to fade away when they were on the verge of falling out of the regular-season race would not go quietly in the playoffs, either.