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Astros Crawfish Boil: October 13th, 2021

Turns out running your mouth after one win isn’t as effective a motivator as some White Sox players thought

By CKuno Oct 13, 2021, 9:10am CDT

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Astros News

The Astros are on their way back to the ALCS after slapping down the White Sox 10-1 in Game 4 of the ALDS (Astros.com)
But it didn’t come without a little bit of pain as Lance McCullers had to exit early with “forearm discomfort” (Astros.com)
Jake Meyers also had an early exit after hurting his shoulder while crashing into the wall in an attempt to rob a homer (MLB Trade Rumors)
This ALDS saw some Astros players joining elite postseason company, starting with Jose Altuve climbing up the October homers list (Astros.com)
Meanwhile Carlos Correa has joined Albert Pujols as the postseason RBI leaders among active players (Astros.com)
This ALDS reminded the world that the Astros are no easy meat when it comes to October baseball (The Athletic, $$$)
It also showed the world how classless White Sox fans are (Houston Chronicle)
It was particularly rich to see La Russa questioning the character of the Astros after a whole series of whining and cheering for injuries from Chicago (Yahoo! Sports)
Correa’s comments about all the crying coming from the White Sox pretty much says it all (Twitter - FOX Sports)
But at the end of the day, no matter what you say, the Astros in the ALCS has become an inevitability (Bleacher Report)
Anyways, on to the ALCS, and you can get a primer of Game 1 right here (MLB.com)
And to help you get hyped, there will be a postseason celebration outside of Minute Maid Park today (KHOU 11)

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