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Which Team’s Future Is Brightest: The Astros Or Dodgers?

Hope you didn’t get sick of the Astros and Dodgers, because you’re going to be stuck with them for a lot of Octobers to come. Based on our analysis of all MLB teams since 1988, this year’s Astros and Dodgers each appear to have two of the brightest futures for any pair of World Series […]

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Which Team’s Future Is Brightest: The Astros Or Dodgers?

Hope you didn’t get sick of the Astros and Dodgers, because you’re going to be stuck with them for a lot of Octobers to come. Based on our analysis of all MLB teams since 1988, this year’s Astros and Dodgers each appear to have two of the brightest futures for any pair of World Series […]

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The Astros Tanked Their Way To The Top

It took 56 years, three stadiums, a name change, a league change, a couple of heart-breaking near misses and some of the ugliest jerseys in sports history, but this morning the Houston Astros can finally call themselves world champions. After beating the Dodgers 5-1 in Wednesday night’s World Series Game 7, the Astros made the […]

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The Astros Tanked Their Way To The Top

It took 56 years, three stadiums, a name change, a league change, a couple of heart-breaking near misses and some of the ugliest jerseys in sports history, but this morning the Houston Astros can finally call themselves world champions. After beating the Dodgers 5-1 in Wednesday night’s World Series Game 7, the Astros made the […]

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What Went Down In Game 7 Of The World Series

Rob Arthur 12:22 AM The Astros Earned It Well, the game is over and so is our live blog. What a terrible way for a great series to end. The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 tonight to claim the World Series title, with scarcely a hint of a comeback from L.A., who […]

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