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Astros Strike First and Last in ALCS Game 5 Victory Over Rangers
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What Has More Lives: The Houston Astros or a Cat?
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Astros' epic sweep of Mariners, Yankees could be a bad World Series omen
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MLB playoff ratings steady in LCS after declines in wild-card and division rounds – KXAN Austin
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Baseball's Postseason Is Wild. But It Has Become Weirdly Predictable. - WSJ
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MLB playoff bracket format, rules and wild-card standings: Live news tracker - The Athletic
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Houston Astros Win World Series - The New York Times
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MLB playoffs 2023 power rankings: breaking down the final eight teams, MLB
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Rangers, true road warriors in ALCS, blast past Astros in Game 7 to earn World Series title shot - The Boston Globe