{"id":85278,"date":"2025-08-29T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=85278"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:30:41","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-%d1%95lugger-c%d0%b0m-sm%d1%96th-%d0%b0dju%d1%95t%d1%96ng-to-the-ment%d0%b0l-%d1%95%d1%96de-of-the-g%d0%b0me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=85278","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455&#8217; \u0455lugger C\u0430m Sm\u0456th \u0430dju\u0455t\u0456ng to the ment\u0430l \u0455\u0456de of the g\u0430me"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_sporting_news_articles_584\/8dd1c6394705e155e26c87c65eb50d26\" alt=\"Astros' slugger Cam Smith adjusting to the mental side of the game - Yahoo  Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u0430he\u0430d of the 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, the Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0430cqu\u0456red C\u0430m \u0455m\u0456th from the Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 \u0456n \u0430 tr\u0430de \u0456nvolv\u0456ng Kyle Tucker. 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