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HOUSTON -- A strong first week of May earned Brent Rooker American League Player of the Week honors. At this rate, it might be time to make him the early favorite for Player of the Month. Rooker’s red-hot stretch continued in the A’s 9-2 series-opening loss to the Astros on

HOUSTON -- Given that Julia Morales has spent the better part of the past decade-plus in front of the camera as the Astros’ in-game reporter, the assumption is that at this point, there’s not much that could rattle her while she works. But on Monday, Morales’ nerves were jangling just

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