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				<title>Tejada v. Baltimore</title>
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/387767"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Tejada v. Baltimore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 74 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/1127"&gt;Bugs &amp;amp; Cranks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						 I know a guy who hates his ex-wife. I mean hates her. He gets all red in the face when he talks about her. Calls her names. Acts like an ass when he sees her. They&amp;rsquo;ve been apart for a couple years and he&amp;rsquo;s still obsessed with her. ...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/387922"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Gameday Thread: Astros (33-37) vs Orioles (34-34) (Miggi Returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 73 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/526"&gt;Camden Chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						   Pitching Matchup  &amp;nbsp;   Brandon Backe  VS  Garret Olson   &amp;nbsp;     Lineups ...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/387888"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles, 6:05 PM CDT&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 73 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/12"&gt;The Crawfish Boxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						      Current Series   3 game series vs Orioles @ Oriole Park at Camden Yards     Tue 06/17   Brandon Backe vs Garrett Olson   --&amp;gt; Mostly clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.    6:05...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/387676"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Miggy Returns to Baltimore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 74 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/1024"&gt;Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis &amp;amp; News; The World of Baseball and Beyond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						  There has been a lot of discussion online about return of Miguel Tejada as the Houston Astros come into town Tuesday-Thursday at the Yard. Anyhow, he was signed to a monster deal in 2004 to a piece of the puzzle to vault the Orioles back into...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/387540"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Miguel Tejada Returns to Baltimore&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 74 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/531"&gt;Oriole Magic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						  There has been a lot of discussion online about return of Miguel Tejada as the Houston Astros come into town Tuesday-Thursday at the Yard. Anyhow, he was signed to a monster deal in 2004 to a piece of the puzzle to vault the Orioles back into...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/387541"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;The Orioles face the Astros: Wild Bill Night&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 74 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/531"&gt;Oriole Magic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						 Tonight the Orioles begin a three-game series against the struggling Houston Astros.&amp;nbsp; Miguel Tejada will make his homecoming and Luke Scott will be playing against his former team as well.  The Astros have lost 14 of their last 17 games and are...
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:44:01 PDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Once More, Astros Manage To Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory</title>
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388496"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Once More, Astros Manage To Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 72 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/17"&gt;The Astros Dugout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						 Ah, how far the mighty have fallen. Was it only a couple of weeks ago that I was being coldly informed by LOTS of Astros fans that the Stros were headed for the playoffs and how everyone except Bourn/Towles were awesome and everything would be...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388276"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Oriole Magic Comes Through Again; O&amp;rsquo;s Down Astros, 6-5 &amp;amp; Wild Bill&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 73 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/1024"&gt;Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis &amp;amp; News; The World of Baseball and Beyond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						The spirit of &#039;Will&amp;quot; Bill Hagy stayed alive last night as the Orioles pulled yet another come-from-behind win last night as they beat the Houston Astronauts (ok, the Astros), 6-5. The nail for the coffin for Houston came in the 8th inning, as Melvin...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388303"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Oriole Magic Comes Through Again; O&amp;rsquo;s Down Astros, 6-5 &amp;amp; Wild Bill&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 73 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/531"&gt;Oriole Magic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						 The spirit of &amp;lsquo;Will&amp;rdquo; Bill Hagy stayed alive last night as the Orioles pulled yet another come-from-behind win last night as they beat the Houston Astronauts (ok, the Astros), 6-5. The nail for the coffin for Houston came in the 8th...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388209"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Orioles Rally Past Astros 6-5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 73 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/1129"&gt;The Game of Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						   Melvin Mora put Baltimore on top with a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth as the Orioles edged the Astros 6-5 in the opener of a three-game Interleague series at Camden Yards. Aubrey Huff hit a two-run homer and Nick Markakis added a solo...
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:07:59 PDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Toxic Clubhouse</title>
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388392"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Toxic Clubhouse&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 73 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/321"&gt;Baseball Musings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						Jose de Jesus Ortiz is amazed at how bad things are in the Astros clubhouse: It seems it has gotten so bad that now even in the dugout some players are openly among themselves questioning moves made by Cecil Cooper...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388242"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Campbell: Astros not worried about bumps in the road&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 73 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/1080"&gt;BBTF&#039;s Baseball Primer Newsblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						That bump ain&amp;rsquo;t no bump, it&amp;rsquo;s a crater, and that crater ain&amp;rsquo;t no Judge Crater, and that Judge ain&amp;rsquo;t no Judge Hofheinz. Got that? (head swims)Astros manager Cecil Cooper has been getting more irritable with each defeat, and there were five in a r
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:20:19 PDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Photo Gallery: Houston Astros vs. Baltimore Orioles; June 17th, 2008</title>
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388664"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Photo Gallery: Houston Astros vs. Baltimore Orioles; June 17th, 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 72 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/1024"&gt;Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis &amp;amp; News; The World of Baseball and Beyond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						   Houston Astros vs. Baltimore Orioles; June 17th 2008
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388652"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles, 6:05 PM CDT&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 72 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/12"&gt;The Crawfish Boxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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						      Current Series   3 game series vs Orioles @ Oriole Park at Camden Yards     Tue 06/17  WP: Jim Johnson (2 - 2) SV: George Sherrill LP: Doug Brocail (2 - 2)  5 - 6 loss       Houston Astros       The Crawfish Boxes   @ Baltimore...
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						&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/post/388628"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Gameday Thread: Astros (33-38) vs Orioles (35-34) (Miggi&#039;s Return Part 2)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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						Posted 72 days ago at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://striketwo.net/weblog/526"&gt;Camden Chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:50:29 PDT</pubDate>
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