Astros don&#39;t like chokers these days
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Baseball can be so fickle. The line between the daring and defeatist is precariously thin, blurred by intangible factors, altered by blind providence.
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With tensions running high at Wrigley Field, the Houston Astros kept their cool and climbed back into playoff contention. Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez earned his first major league
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They don&#39;t know where this is leading. They don&#39;t even know who&#39;s pitching Wednesday. But for one night, it didn&#39;t matter to the Houston Astros what might await them over the horizon.
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(Sports Network) - Carlos Beltran may be the newest Killer B in Houston&#39;s lineup, but right now he is also the most feared hitter on the Astros.
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This isn&#39;t good news for the Phillies, who thought they had beefed up their pitching staff, or for the Marlins, who felt their offense gave them an edge.
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ATLANTA - The Houston Astros try to move a step closer to winning a playoff series for the first time, taking a 1-0 lead into Thursday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.    The NL East champion Braves can't afford to go down 0-2 in a best-of-five series heading to Minute Maid Park, where the Astros have an 18-game winning streak...
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Pardon the Houston Astros if this &quot;backs against the wall&quot; thing feels familiar. The team faces another winner-take-all game on Thursday, this time in the National League Championship Series against the St.
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It is up to Roger Clemens now. He must be the cavalry to Houston&#39;s rescue. The steadying voice at the other end of the 911 line.
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The Houston Astros against St Louis  Cardinals may lack the pizzazz and cache of the feud between  the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
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This season, Cubs fans have learned that there is no such thing as a comfortable lead in Major League Baseball.
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The Houston Astros&#39; winning streak ended with a swing and a miss -- lots of swings and misses, in fact. Left-hander Oliver Perez became the second pitcher in Pirates
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Inside the NLCS: Astros storm back to take series lead while St. Louis teeters on edge of elimination. By Jesse Gerner. Move over New York Yankees, there&#39;s a new Daddy in town.
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Not to the Astros, not to the St. Louis Cardinals and certainly not to the Atlanta Braves, who saw firsthand what kind of impact he can have by feasting on the league&#39;s best pitching staff during the National League Division Series.
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Batting practice barely had started Tuesday evening, but the Astros already had killed one bird. Although it was an accident when Chris Burke&#39;s hard grounder killed a pigeon
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Not that the Astros were tight heading home down 0-2 to the Cardinals, but knowing Roger Clemens would be taking the mound for Saturday&#39;s Game 3 of the National League Championship Series had to be a comforting thought.
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Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.
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Two teams who weren&#39;t supposed to be here and two pitchers who were thought to be finished -- the National League Division Series matchup between Houston and Atlanta seemed improbable not too long ago, but here it is.