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• Spring Dugz: Houston Astros
• By B. Thompson Stroud 3/01/2008 2:46 PM ET
• You mess with the fat old bull you get the fat old horns! Today the Dugout continues its Spring Training tradition and its center-of-the-Earth-like journey through the NL Central with the Houston ... More »
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• Dan Wheeler Is No Brad Lidge
• By Pat Lackey 4/09/2007 11:00 PM ET
• Here's a predictable story for you: the Houston Astros took a two run lead into the ninth inning this afternoon and with Dan Wheeler taking over for Brad Lidge as closer they actually held on to it. ...
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• Phil Garner Pulls the Plug on Brad Lidge
• By Matt Watson 4/09/2007 3:37 PM ET
• It's still early ... but don't tell that to Phil Garner. The Astros skipper announced before Monday's series with the Cubs that Brad Lidge would not be closing games "for the foreseeable future." From ...
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• On Deck: Bizarro World In The NL Central
• By Tom Fornelli 4/09/2007 11:35 AM ET
• The Fanhouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchups Pittsburgh Pirates (4-2) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (2-4)-1:35PM Est. It's only a week into the season, but seriously, how many of you thought ...
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• Albert Pujols FINALLY Homers
• By Pat Lackey 4/08/2007 9:28 PM ET
• OK, so Albert Pujols homering probably isn't the biggest story to come from the Cardinals' 10-1 drubbing of the Astros today, but when a guy like Pujols goes almost 20 at-bats to start the season ...
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• Adam Wainwright Leads Cards to First Win
• By Pat Lackey 4/07/2007 12:56 AM ET
• And then there was one winless team left in the NL Central. I mean someone had to win the battle between the 0-3 Cardinals and the 0-3 Astros tonight. The Cardinals did just that on the arm of Adam ...
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• The Cubs and Astros Are Screwed! SCREWED!
• By Pat Lackey 4/06/2007 3:17 PM ET
• The early part of this week has been great for me. I've been walking around telling anyone that will listen that the Pirates are in first place. Of course I'm doing this because it's ridiculous; no ...
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• Dan Wheeler Saved Brad Lidge the Embarassment
• By Pat Lackey 4/03/2007 11:30 PM ET
• Tonight's Pirates/Astros game looked eerily similar to last night's game headed into the 8th inning. The Astros were nursing a 2-1 lead and the way Phil Garner was using his bullpen, with Qualls in ...
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• So How Are Astros Fans Handling the Lidge Thing?
• By Pat Lackey 4/03/2007 1:17 PM ET
• Here's one fun thing about Opening Day- watching fans react to things that happen in 1/162th of the season. If Brad Lidge blew a save by allowing a Xavier Nady home run with two outs in the ninth in ... More »
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• On Deck: It's Still Opening Day For Two Teams
• By Tom Fornelli 4/03/2007 11:00 AM ET
• The Fanhouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchups San Francisco Giants (0-0) vs. San Diego Padres (0-0)-4:05PM Est. There are always those two teams that the schedule makers wait the ...
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• Right Now Brad Lidge Couldn't Close a Hot Dog Stand
• By Pat Lackey 4/02/2007 10:38 PM ET
• The Astros check list to win the game tonight probably went something like this: Give the ball to Roy Oswalt, let him dominate the inferior Pirates lineup, score just enough runs to win. Things were ...
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• Bringing Home the Hardware: Cy Young Awards
• By Matt Watson 4/02/2007 10:40 AM ET
• Who's going to bring home the hardware this year? AOL Sports polled four experts and one "expert" for their predictions -- yeah, I'm the guy in quotes. Throughout the day, I'm going to explain just ...
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• Final NL Central Roster Notes
• By Pat Lackey 4/01/2007 8:22 PM ET
• I started talking a bit about this earlier with the Astros fifth starter competition, but now that everything is finalized we can take a closer look at some of the smaller final roster moves in the ...
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• Chris Sampson Is the Astros Fifth Starter
• By Pat Lackey 4/01/2007 3:27 PM ET
• All spring the Astros wondered who would fill the final slot in their rotation. Chris Sampson rode a mediocre spring to fill that position over Fernando Nieve, Matt Albers, and Brian Moehler (who ...
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• Craig Biggio Is Planning His Farewell Tour
• By Pat Lackey 3/29/2007 2:42 PM ET
• OK, so maybe that title is a bit premature. Then again, from what Biggio is telling Ken Rosenthal, I don't know if it really is. "When the time is right, I'm going to let everybody know," he says. "I ...
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• Platoons Confuse Phil Garner
• By Pat Lackey 3/24/2007 2:01 PM ET
• All spring in Astros' camp Jason Lane and Luke Scott have been battling it out for the right to play right field for the 'Stros. Because the two are fairly similar players with the main difference ...
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• The Astros Have Fifth Starter Problems
• By Pat Lackey 3/21/2007 12:40 PM ET
• When your rotation consists of Andy Pettitte, Roy Oswalt, and Roger Clemens you don't have to worry much about who starts after them because you're going to win a lot of games. When that rotation gets ...
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• Why the Astros Are Worth Watching in 2007
• By Pat Lackey 3/19/2007 7:16 PM ET
• The Astros are certainly an intriguing team in 2007. They've spent the better part of the past two seasons as one of the best pitching teams in baseball with an absolutely pitiful offense. This ... More »
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• Roy Oswalt Is Bored With Spring Training
• By Pat Lackey 3/19/2007 8:10 AM ET
• You know Opening Day is around the corner when starting pitchers produce line scores that wouldn't look out of place in May. Roy Oswalt is at that point after his impressive 5 and 2/3 inning outing on ...
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• Clemens: No Decision Until May
• By Pat Lackey 3/18/2007 7:11 PM ET
• If you're tired of waiting for Roger Clemens to make up his mind about where he's pitching next year then I've got some bad news for you: the Rocket won't make up his mind until at least May. He's ...
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