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Advantage 'Stros? Not so fast

By Alan Schwarz
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, October 24, 2005

CHICAGO -- So the Astros are down 2-0, two bristles from a sweep, but soon start fresh at home in Houston. This is encouraging, the theory goes, not just because Minute Maid Park will soon pulse louder than 50 Cent's Escalade -- but also because the 'Stros are returning to National League rules, fertile soil from which two or three wins can grow. But as the World Series resumes Tuesday, while many people see the disappearance of the designated hitter to be a disadvantage for Chicago and a gapin ...

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