Let's review.
The Astros made it further in the postseason in the 2005 season, without Carlos Beltran, than they did in the 2004 season, with Carlos Beltran.
They also made it a lot further in the 2005 season, without Carlos Beltran, than the Mets did in the 2005 season, with Carlos Beltran.
Somehow, Joel Sherman interprets this information and concludes that the Astros are cursed:
"It is not just that Houston failed to re-sign its offensive star from last postseason. It is that the Astros revolved their entire offseason around retaining Beltran, though they knew his agent, Scott Boras, almost always takes star-level players deep into the winter before signing them. When that tactic ended in Beltran signing with the Mets on Jan. 9, Houston was left without viable alternatives.
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In the end, The Curse of Carlos Beltran caught up to the Astros."
The only curses are coming from Mets fans, sitting in the bleachers, tired of watching their $100 million man bat .260.
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