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	Houston Astros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Astros* and Cardinals were declared co-champions of the NL Central in 2001, based on their identical regular season record.
		Due to the fact that the Astros edged the Cardinals in head-to-head games, 9-7, they were seeded as the division winner in the post-season, and the Cardinals were seeded as the wild-card.
		The Astros were the first team to play in a dome, moving from Colt Stadium to the Astrodome for the 1965 season.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /teams/NL/astros.htm (453 words)

	ESPN.com: SPORTSBUSINESS - Rovell: Signs of change at Astros Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Astros paid $2.1 million in February to buy back the stadium naming rights from Houston-based Enron, which is embroiled in a well-publicized bankruptcy that has had ripple effects on the national economy.
		The Astros have to wait 30 to 60 days for the bankruptcy court to sign off on its naming-rights buyback before a deal with a new sponsor can be signed, Gardner said.
		The Astros plan to donate $150,000 to the Enron Employee Transition Fund, which was created to assist unemployed Enron workers.
	espn.go.com /sportsbusiness/s/2002/0326/1358406.html (616 words)

	Astros tickets : Houston Astros tickets from TicketsSport.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Houston Astros are one of the six teams in the Central Division of the National League (NL), and are based in Houston, Texas.
		The Houston Astros were known as the Houston Colt.45s from 1962 to 1964.
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	Colorado Rockies, Brandon Backe, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Major League Baseball, Houston Astros - CBS ...
		But Garner and the Astros capped an incredible late-season turnaround by winning the NL wild card, clinching Sunday by beating the Colorado Rockies 4-3 for their 18th consecutive home victory.
		The Astros were a season-worst 56-60 on Aug. 14 -- four days later they lost star pitcher Andy Pettitte to season-ending elbow surgery.
		The Astros used seven pitchers for the second time in three days, and Brad Lidge got his 29th save to put the finishing touches on a day that began with concerns about Clemens.
	cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20041003_COL@HOU (1525 words)

	KFFL - Jose Vizcaino, SS, Houston Astros
		Jim Molony, of Astros.MLB.com, reports Houston Astros SS Jose Vizcaino was with the team Wednesday, June 1, after going home to be with his 11-year-old son who suffered a broken leg during a little league game in San Diego.
		Jose De Jesus Ortiz of The Houston Chronicle reports Houston Astros SS Jose Vizcaino and C Brad Ausmus were involved in the fires that burned through the San Diego County area this week.
		The Associated Press reports Houston Astros IF Jose Vizcaino (wrist) was placed on the 15-day disabled list and will miss four-to-six weeks after receiving a broken wrist when he was hit by a pitch Tuesday, June 24.
	www.kffl.com /player/5418/MLB (733 words)

	Houston Astros : Schedule : Astros Promotional Calendar
		The team is encouraging fans of all ages to wear their jerseys, t-shirts, or team colors to work or school on Friday to show their support of the 2004 National League Wild Card Astros.
		We've got to make sure the Astros know that we're still true blue believers.
		I encourage Houstonians to join me in wearing their Astros team gear on 'Go Astros Day' this Friday.
	houston.astros.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/hou/schedule/promotions.jsp (194 words)

	For First Time, Astros Advance (washingtonpost.com)
		The Astros move on to play the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Championship Series, beginning Wednesday in St. Louis, while the Braves must contemplate another bitter October ending, another round of organizational soul-searching that almost certainly will lend them no answers.
		The Astros claimed to have been immune from the pressures of an elimination game such as this one, having been through, in their estimation, about 50 of these games in the past eight weeks.
		Since being left for dead in mid-August, the Astros have played every game as if their next loss would eliminate them, and they went on to produce a 36-10 stretch run and, now, a hard-fought victory over the Braves.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A25759-2004Oct11.html (926 words)

	USATODAY.com - Glavine kicks Astros again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HOUSTON — The Houston Astros might dearly wish Tom Glavine had gotten lost in the massive roadwork and downtown disarray in their city.
		The Astros were 2 feet from a go-ahead home run but were held instead to a shutout.
		But there was a breakdown in the Astros' infield again contributing to the loss, just as an error did in their Game 1 loss.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/astros/2001-10-10-glavine.htm (343 words)

	Houston Astros 2003 Page
		The Astros were also the hard luck team of the league.
		The Astros were a very good batting team, even when correcting for Minute Maid Park (which tends to be a batter's park).
		Some of this was due to park effect: the Astros' best offensive streaks tended to come when they played at home.
	www.baseballgraphs.com /teams/astros.html (595 words)

	Houston Astros Tickets MLB Ticket - Buy Cheap Houston Astros Tickets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Astros performance was fairly decent during the 1970s but it wasn't until the 1980s that they achieved moderate success.
		Finally in 1986, the Houston Astros are on the verge of a World Series trip but however they lose to the New York Mets in the NL Championship.
		In 1997, the Astros have a magical season by winning their first ever NL Central title which was their first division title in 11 long years.
	www.onlineseats.com /mlb-tickets/houston-astros/index.asp (1482 words)

	Caller.com: Houston Astros
		But Purpura is on hold in his attempt to keep intact a roster that has a chance to build off the Astros' success of last season when, for the first time in franchise history, they advanced past the first round in the postseason.
		The Astros are waiting to make moves by the two key reasons for their postseason success - outfielder Carlos Beltran and right-handed pitcher Roger Clemens.
		The Astros have gotten indications they still are a legitimate consideration for Beltran, although Houston's offer is believed to be a five-year guarantee for $75 million, including a $5 million buyout on a $14 million option for a sixth year.
	www.caller.com /ccct/sp_houston_astros/article/0,1641,CCCT_18817_3440391,00.html (512 words)

	Houston Astros
		Unfortunately for the Astros, as has been the case often throughout their history, most of those players enjoyed more success on other teams later in their career.
		The Astros tumbled from playoff contention as their pitching staff was shelled in their bandbox home park.
		Dierker resigned after complaining that modern players were "too hard to motivate." The Astros skipper retired as the most successful in Houston history, winning four division titles and 55% of his games in five years.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /present/fp/nl/hou.htm (928 words)

	Houston Astros News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Houston Astros look to clinch their first-ever World Series appearance tonight when they host the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the NL championship series.
		The Houston Astros look to clinch their first-ever World Series appearance tonight when they host the St. Louis Cardinals in game five of the National League Championship Series.
		The Houston Astros are within one victory of going to their first World Series, even though they can't hit with runners in scoring position.
	houstonastrosnews.com (902 words)

	Houston Astros : Rotoworld.com - Houston Astros News from Rotoworld.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Astros will send Andy Pettitte to the mound tomorrow in an attempt to close out the series at home.
		If the Astros lose three times in the next four games, Saturday could be Clemens' final appearance in the majors.
		Even though the Astros scored twice in the top of the eighth to make it a three-run game, Brad Lidge took over in the bottom of the eighth and pitched two innings.
	www.rotoworld.com /content/clubhouse_news.asp?sport=MLB&majteam=HOU (1411 words)

	The Houston Astros -- In search of their first pennant
		Also in 1980, the Houston Astros lost the NLCS to the Philadelphia Phillies, in extra innings of game five, which was a dandy.
		Astros manager, Larry Dierker, used to pitch for the Houston Astros, as I stated earlier.
		Dierker is the all-time Astros' leader in career shutouts with 25 and he's their career leader in losses with 117.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/8-10-2001-4279.asp?viewPage=3 (621 words)

	A whole new ballgame for the Astros - The Daily Texan - Sports
		It was a team Astros fans have always hoped for, but could never call their own.
		It was ex-Longhorn Shane Reynolds, the one mainstay in the Astros revamped starting rotation, against Daryl Kile, who set sail to Colorado and then St. Louis after making a name for himself in 1997 as an Astro.
		It was a win for the ages, and one the Astros will need to duplicate as they make a run at their first National League Pennant.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2001/10/09/Sports/A.Whole.New.Ballgame.For.The.Astros-504260.shtml (766 words)

	Click2Houston.com - Sports - Clemens Gives Astros Life With NLCS Victory
		His work was done and the Houston Astros were exactly where they wanted to be -- right back in the NL championship series.
		The Astros won for the 20th time in their last 21 games at Minute Maid Park, and assured themselves of playing at least twice more at home.
		Suppan was equal to the task in the middle innings, retiring 10 straight before leaving for a pinch-hitter in the seventh.
	www.click2houston.com /sports/3826922/detail.html (1017 words)

	SI.com - Writers - Donovan: Astros are hottest team heading into October - Monday October 4, 2004 1:12PM
		The Astros have completed their long trip from the pit to the postseason, and if you predicted things would turn out this way on Aug. 14...
		The Astros were seven games behind the Cubs on Aug. 14.
		The Astros were tied with the Reds, for crying out loud, in seventh place in the wild-card race.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/writers/john_donovan/10/04/postseason.astros (920 words)

	SportingNews.com - Baseball - Houston Astros
		Most of the talent in the organization is in the lower levels of the minors, so the Astros won't have a lot of prospects vying for jobs in spring training.
		Astros general manager Tim Purpura said Pettitte's knee was swollen to "about the size of a grapefruit" before Game 1 but still pitched in that game.
		Fear the Astros — Former Phillies manager Larry Bowa talks with Tony Bruno about the idea of baseball using instant replay, the AL West race, Oakland's second-half run, and the Astros' top starters making them dangerous in the playoffs.
	www.sportingnews.com /baseball/teams/astros (669 words)

	Astros Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Astros starter Andy Pettitte, making his 33rd career postseason start, had struck out Albert Pujols and Reggie Sanders in succession with two runners on before Grudzielanek, who was just 4-for-29 in the series, flared a single to right-center field in the third...
		The lucky ones get to play the part of the Houston Astros' shortstop were trying to act out his part, down to the giddy reaction, who finished Sunday's scintillating double play to end Game 4 of the National League Championship Series and put the Houston Astros one game from their first World Series.
		Astros rookie Chris Burke is providing daily commentary to MLB.com throughout his team's postseason run.
	www.astroszone.com (568 words)

	Astros face uncertain future after coming up short (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Houston Astros had everything they wanted: Roger Clemens was cruising, their first World Series berth was only 10 outs away and the St. Louis Cardinals were reeling.
		The Astros paid back the Braves for postseason defeats in 1997, '99 and '01, beating Atlanta at Turner Field to win a playoff series for the first time in club history.
		He came to the Astros in a midseason trade from Kansas City, and has few ties to the Houston area.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/22/sports1552EDT0242.DTL (819 words)

	Houston Astros News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HOUSTON -- There will be plenty of competition for jobs among Houston Astros players this spring, but the biggest question the club will have to answer by the end of March is who will be in the outfield on Opening Day.
		If the Astros were able to make a deal for one, Biggio would go to second base when Berkman returns.
		The Astros aren't worried about who will be ready to play the first spring game against the Indians at Winter Haven on March 3.
	chicago.cubs.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/hou/news/hou_news.jsp?ymd=20050208&content_id=940643&vkey=spt2005news&fext=.jsp (827 words)

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		The Houston Astros are a professional baseball team which plays in the central division of the National League in Major League Baseball (MLB).
		The Houston Astros began as the Houston Colt.45s in 1962.
		The Houston Astros said goodbye to the Astrodome in storybook fashion, winning their third straight NL Central crown on the last day of the season before a sellout crowd.
	www.vividseats.com /mlb/houston-astros-tickets.html (1288 words)

	Harris County - Houston Sports Authority - Astros & Enron Reach Settlement
		The Astros on February 5, 2002, filed a motion in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, asking the court to determine whether the Naming and License Agreement (“Naming Rights Agreement”) between the Houston Astros and Enron Corp. should continue.
		The Houston Astros and Enron entered into a Naming and License Agreement dated April 7, 1999, providing that the Houston professional baseball stadium would be named “Enron Field” for 30 years.
		The Astros have regained the right to immediately negotiate a naming rights agreement with a new partner and to cease referring to the ballpark as Enron Field.
	www.hchsa.org /news/astrossettle.html (348 words)

	ASTROS (Artillery SaTuration ROcket System)
		The Astros II multiple rocket launcher was the most profitable weapon produced by Avibrás.
		In the 1980s, Avibrás sold an estimated sixty-six Astros II artillery systems to Iraq and an unspecified number to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar.
		The ASTROS (Artillery SaTuration ROcket System) II is a modular multiple rocket launcher capable of firing three different caliber wrap-around fin rockets (for improved accuracy) using several types of warheads.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/row/astros.htm (574 words)

	USATODAY.com - Royals unload Beltran as Astros shoot high (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Houston Astros, sitting in fourth place in the National League Central, acquired outfielder Carlos Beltran on Thursday in a three-team trade that also involves the Oakland Athletics.
		The Astros, who are 38-34 and five games behind St. Louis in the Central, feel a sense of urgency.
		The Astros have never been to the World Series, and their two long-standing stars, Biggio and Jeff Bagwell, are getting old.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2004-06-24-beltran-3-way-trade_x.htm (886 words)

	Harris County - Houston Sports Authority - Astros Seek Removal
		Enron has a 30-year, $100 million naming rights agreement with the Astros, who are worried that Enron might try to sell those rights without getting the baseball team's approval.
		Pam Gardner, president of business operations for the Astros, said that such a plan would explain why Enron, which is going through the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, on Monday paid the Astros $90,000 for 35 box seats to remain current on its license agreement with the club.
		Although the company is now current in the agreement until Aug. 31, when a $3.7 million payment is due, Astros officials have sought to renegotiate the agreement since Enron filed for bankruptcy Dec. 2.
	www.hchsa.org /news/astros_enronsuit.html (405 words)

	Astros 3, Cubs 1
		Purpura, his team and Astros fans will have to be a little more patient for a champagne party.
		Even though the Astros beat the Cubs 3-1 on Saturday in front of a Minute Maid Park crowd of 42,021, they still haven't clinched their second straight National League wild-card berth.
		If the Astros beat the Cubs or Philadelphia loses to the Nationals today, the Astros are in the playoffs.
	www.dailysouthtown.com /southtown/dssports/pro/021sd3.htm (463 words)

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		When the Houston Astros were at 44-44 record, few would have predicted the team to finish with a 36-10 roll into the playoffs.
		The Astros secured their most successful September in franchise history, with a 20-7 record.
	www.buyselltix.com /mlb/astros.php (453 words)

	Houston Astros News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Houston Astros extended their win streak to four with a 14-4 win over the Colorado Rockies Tuesday night to begin a three-game set at Coors Field.
		Richard Hidalgo tied a franchise record with three homers, becoming the first Astro to accomplish the feat since Lance Berkman hit three in Cincinnati in April of 2002.
		Quick hits:The Astros are one win away from reaching the.500 mark on the road for the first time this year.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/hou/news/hou_news.jsp?ymd=20030917&content_id=530326&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou (375 words)

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