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Astros singed, but not scared

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Sunday, October 23, 2005

CHICAGO -- The sounds emanating from the Houston Astros clubhouse late Sunday night were the typical closing credits of getaway night on the road. Chris Burke, Mike Gallo, Dan Wheeler and Eric Bruntlett sat down to a postgame meal of chicken and crab legs, and their utensils clanked over the rustle of TV cameramen jockeying for position in front of teammate Brad Lidge's locker. “ We've definitely had our backs much more against the wall than we do now. We were facing virtual eliminat ...

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