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Getting pumped for the playoffs

David Schoenfield, Page 2

Page 2 presents 77 reasons to spend October in front of your TV set.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

A slimmer Kung Fu Panda is needed

Buster Olney

The Giants lost again Saturday and will soon be eliminated, and in time their focus will shift to 2010, as John Shea writes. Pablo Sandoval will like...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2009

Get ready for Jason Heyward

Buster Olney

The conversations between the managers and the opposing third basemen occur organically in the minors, because the manager is often in the third-base ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 05, 2009

Doug Benc/Getty Images

...4 The rookie, who hit five home runs all season for the Astros, ended the longest-ever postseason game -- and the Division Series -- with an 18th-inning homer off the Braves' Joey Devine. Burke had...

Photo | October 05, 2006

Bats abandon Astros in Game 3

Joe Morgan, ESPN Insider

Houston's Game 3 futility at the plate has the Astros on the verge of being swept in their first World Series.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 26, 2005

Back to the drawing board for Houston

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

The Houston Astros enjoyed everything about their first World Series appearance, except the outcome, writes Jerry Crasnick.

Story | Conversation | October 26, 2005

Roof at Minute Maid will be open for Game 3

Associated Press

The verdict is in and the roof at Minute Maid Park will be open for Tuesday night's World Series Game 3 between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2005

Astros rap lyrics

Associated Press

Here is a sampling of lyrics from remixes devoted to the Houston Astros by Houston rappers Paul Wall and Chamillionaire.

Story | Conversation | October 25, 2005

Advantage 'Stros? Not so fast

Alan Schwarz, Special to ESPN.com

National League rules will be in play when the World Series resumes in Houston. The Astros can only hope it will play to their advantage.

Story | Conversation | October 24, 2005

Astros singed, but not scared

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Down 0-2, the Astros are finding solace in a return home and in knowing they've overcome much worse.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2005

Crede keys Chicago win with bat, glove

Associated Press

Neal Cotts and Bobby Jenks got out of an eighth-inning jam and Joe Crede hit a go-ahead homer as the White Sox beat the Astros 5-3 in Chicago's first World Series game since 1959.

Story | Conversation | October 22, 2005

No B in Astros offense: Tavares stranded twice

Associated Press

Willy Taveras was stranded in scoring position in the sixth and eighth innings Saturday night as the Astros lost 5-3 to the White Sox.

Story | Conversation | October 22, 2005

No Yankees or Red Sox? No problem

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

So no Yankees or Red Sox? Jayson Stark offers up 10 reasons why the World Series will be even better this year.

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2005

Astros cast out ghosts of past Octobers

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

It took 43 years of heartache. But the ever-hovering Astros have finally landed in the World Series.

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2005

Fear and loathing in Houston

Page 2

Page 2 loves October baseball. And we love to second guess all the postseason moves and decisions.

Story | Conversation | October 17, 2005