Beltran&#39;s Bat Gives Cards, Owners Food for Thought
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The Houston Astros&#39; Carlos Beltran has the St Louis Cardinals shaking their heads in disbelief and baseball owners quaking in their boots.
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The Houston Astros were in discussions with the agent for Carlos Beltran and were hopeful of re-signing him as a midnight deadline approached.
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Conventional wisdom said that when the Cardinals and Astros hooked up in the National League Championship Series, there might be a few runs scored.
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Jason Giambi's home run against Toronto resonated with the recovering slugger, his teammates and Yankees manager Joe Torre.
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All the heat and pressure are on them for a change now, and if they lose the next two games and this playoff series to Boston, we may witness two unique phenomena simultaneously: the reversal of an 84-year-old Curse and George Steinbrenner&#39;s head
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When Joe Torre saw the Arizona bullpen door swing open and Randy Johnson come through it during Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, the Yankees manager didn&#39;t think much of it.
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Carlos Beltran was a star long before he joined the Houston Astros. He was smacking homers and scoring runs for awful teams in Kansas City for years. His glove dazzled minor league scouts in Wilmington and Wichita before that. And his speed was evident even as a schoolboy in Puerto Rico. Still, this postseason has provided a showcase for Beltran unlike any other.
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Carlos Beltran homered twice, had four hits and drove in five runs as the Houston Astros moved on to the National League Championship Series with a 12-3 Game Five pounding of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on Monday.
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Carlos Beltran, the man who was seemingly destined to play center field for the Yankees and then was supposedly going to return to the Houston Astros, will instead become a member of the Mets. In Beltran, the Mets now have their marquee player for several years and, they hope, their savior of sorts.
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Carlos Beltran's agent said Tuesday he has now received offers from all teams involved in negotiations for the free-agent center fielder.
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After the Cardinals&#39; victory in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, first baseman Albert Pujols was asked why the Cardinals are so successful at bat with two outs.
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When Derek Jeter came across Pedro Martinez at Legends Field last month, the Yankees&#39; captain wasn&#39;t surprised the longtime Boston ace was meeting with New York owner George Steinbrenner.
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A prominent executive with a major league team said the prevailing thought throughout Major League Baseball was that Carlos Beltran will return to the Astros.
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Mike Piazza wants the New York Mets to get him out of a situation that&#39;s been difficult to deal with. For much of this season, he didn&#39;t know whether he&#39;d be at catcher or first base until he got to the ballpark and glanced at the lineup card.
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One day after taking on the role of team motivator, George Steinbrenner was the team psychic. For one night, he actually was able to foresee the Yankees&#39; future.
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After injuring his left knee making an impressive leaping catch in the ninth inning that likely saved the New York Mets win, Carlos Beltran couldn't bend it. But he still had his sense of humor.
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There appear to be few, if any, limits to what the Yankees can afford, the reason they can add Randy Johnson and perhaps Carlos Beltran to their firmament of stars. Then again, money is no object when you play in a city where apartments sell for &#36;44 million, nursery schools can command &#36;24,000, and dinner for two at a top restaurant can cost &#36;1,000.