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Tight Central
Tight Central
While the NL East race becomes less dramatic, things are tightening up in the NL Central. The Astros take game two of their series against the Cardinals in a game filled with home runs. Both sides hit three long balls, with the Astros getting seven runs off theirs to the Cardinals five. That ...
Around The Bigs: If Recent History Is Any Indication, Maybe Astros Should Be NL Central Favorites
Around The Bigs: If Recent History Is Any Indication, Maybe Astros Should Be NL Central Favorites
sharapovasthigh.com — The Houston Astros are just one game out in the NL Central and have had a better... record in the 2nd half than 1st half each of the last 12 years. (more) Around The Bigs: If Recent History Is Any Indication, ...
Astros Attendance By the Numbers
Astros Attendance By the Numbers
baseballreflections.com — Image via Wikipedia So we briefly touched on this a while back at Astros County , but... I thought…off day and all, we can revisit it a little more closely (editor’s note: this was written during the All Star Break ). This is the issue of attendance among MLB teams, ... (more) Astros Attendance By the Numbers
Here they go again
Here they go again
i94sports.com — The Houston Astros completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, and in doing so moved themselves... to within one game of the division leaders. They also managed to bunch up the NL Central, with four teams now within four teams separated by no more than two games. This run is nothing new to ... (more) Here they go again
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