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• Padres Acquire Morgan Ensberg

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: Houston Astros, Morgan Ensberg, San Diego Padres

  According to Buster Olney (via RotoWorld), the Padres have traded for third baseman Morgan Ensberg. Kevin Kouzmanoff might be well-served with a platoon partner, but it would make sense to get someone who hits righties.  Both Kouzmanoff and Ensberg excel against southpaws, Kouzmanoff more so this year.  Give Kouzmanoff a mulligan for

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• Padres Interested In Igawa, Lamb, Loretta

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:03 pm

  Tags: Houston Astros, Kei Igawa, Mark Loretta, Mike Lamb, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres

  I'm not sure when it was published, but Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the Padres have interest in Mark Loretta or Mike Lamb from the Astros.  That we knew, but Krasovic also mentions that the Padres would like to buy low on Kei Igawa but the Yankees aren't shopping him.

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• Major League Baseball Trade Deadline Recap

  Published: July 31, 2007, 5:50 pm

  Tags: Sports, Major League Baseball, Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Dan Wheeler, David Murphy, Drew Butera, Dustin Martin, Elvis Andrus, Engel Beltre, Eric Gagne, Houston Astros, Jason Saltalamacchia, Joe Thatche

  Atlanta Braves trade C Jason Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus and 2 Minor Leaguers to the Texas Rangers for 1B Mark Teixeira and LHP Ron Mahay. Texas Rangers trade RHP Eric Gagne to the Boston Red Sox for LHP Kason Gabbard, OF David Murphy and OF Engel Beltre. Tampa Bay Devil Rays trade 3B Ty Wigginton to the [...]

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• Failed Trades

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Braves, Bob Wickman, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Craig Hansen, Dan Wheeler, Eric Gagne, Houston Astros, Jeff Baker, Jermaine Dye, Kyle Farnsworth, Mark Loretta, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

  Let's take a look at some deals that almost happened yesterday. Kyle Farnsworth for Bob Wickman.  This would've been fun, reunions with former teams for both players.  However, the Braves wanted the Yankees to pick up all of Farnsworth's salary, apparently.  Brian Cashman didn't want to make him go away that badly, and Wickman

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• Keith Law Hates You and Your Trades

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Keith Law, San Francisco Giants, Kyle Smith, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, New York Mets

  replacement-level player."- Houston Astros trade Dan Wheeler to Tampa Bay Devil Rays for 3B Ty WiggintonLaw's take: "We now have our first head-scratcher of this year's market, since I have zero idea what Houston was thinking ... Wigginton is a terrible defensive third baseman who doesn't get on base (and) isn't young ... the Astros just traded

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• Failed Trades

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Braves, Bob Wickman, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Craig Hansen, Dan Wheeler, Eric Gagne, Houston Astros, Jeff Baker, Jermaine Dye, Kyle Farnsworth, Mark Loretta, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

  Let's take a look at some deals that almost happened yesterday. Kyle Farnsworth for Bob Wickman.  This would've been fun, reunions with former teams for both players.  However, the Braves wanted the Yankees to pick up all of Farnsworth's salary, apparently.  Brian Cashman didn't want to make him go away that badly, and Wickman

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• Padres Interested In Igawa, Lamb, Loretta

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:39 pm

  Tags: Houston Astros, Kei Igawa, Mark Loretta, Mike Lamb, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres

  or Mike Lamb from the Astros.  That we knew, but Krasovic also mentions that the Padres would like to buy low on Kei Igawa but the Yankees aren't shopping him.

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• Padres Acquire Morgan Ensberg

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: Houston Astros, Morgan Ensberg, San Diego Padres

  According to Buster Olney (via RotoWorld), the Padres have traded for third baseman Morgan Ensberg. Kevin Kouzmanoff might be well-served with a platoon partner, but it would make sense to get someone who hits righties.  Both Kouzmanoff and Ensberg excel against southpaws, Kouzmanoff more so this year.  Give Kouzmanoff a mulligan for

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• Multiple Teams Looking At Kielty

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:10 pm

  Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Bobby Kielty, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, New York Yankees

  Cubs, Diamondbacks, and Astros.  The Herald mentions Kielty's ties to New England, while the San Francisco Chronicle considers him the favorite.  Question: why would the Astros be interested?

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• STATS SHMATS: Unbreakable MLB Milestones - Consecutive Games, Hits And Strikeouts

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:08 pm

  Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Cal Ripken Jr, Cincinnati Reds, David Rabinowitz, Derek Jeter, Houston Astros, Mlb, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Philadelphia Phillies, Stats Shmats, Texas Rangers

  Math is hard. Stats Shmats is easy ...Continuing where I left off, here are my three remaining unreachable milestones. 2,632: Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive games played streak.Ripken, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, shattered Lou Gehrig's record by 502 games when all was said and done.Miguel Tejada's 1,152-game streak ended on

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• Rosenthal's Latest: Possible Waiver Deals

  Published: August 13, 2007, 12:45 am

  Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chad Gaudin, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Josh Towers, Kei Igawa, Mark Loretta, Mike Lamb, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Steve Trachsel, Toronto Blue Jays

  Ken Rosenthal has a new post up; below are some points of interest for rumor-hounds like us.  Josh Towers and Steve Trachsel have both cleared waivers.  You'll find their contract info as well as a complete list of those who have cleared waivers here.  Rosenthal says the Rockies are monitoring both pitchers; they were forced to

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• Stros Retire Bagwell's Number

  Published: August 26, 2007, 5:11 pm

  Tags: Houston Astros, Nl Central, Baseball

  the Houston Astros game against the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon Jeff Bagwell had his number 5 retired at Minute Maid Park. Bagwell, born in Boston and raised in Killingworth CT, played 15 years with Astros hitting .297 with 449 HRs. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round in 1989 out of the University of Hartford

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• Garner/Purpura Fired?

  Published: August 27, 2007, 2:34 pm

  Tags: Houston Astros

  Animal is reporting that the Astros have fired manager Phil Garner and GM Tim Purpura, with a press conference coming up.  Purpura and Garner pretty much received a vote of confidence from Drayton McLane back in May, but their tenures have come to a short end.  Purpura was hired on November 1, 2004 and Garner on the following

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• THE LOCKER ROOM 8/27 Evening Edition

  Published: August 27, 2007, 5:48 pm

  Tags: Asante Samuel, Atlanta Falcons, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Bears, David Rabinowitz, Dog Fighting, Drayton Mclane, Houston Astros, Lance Briggs, Mlb, Michael Vick, Nfl, New England Patriots, Phil Garner, The Locker Room, Theo Epstein, Tim Purpura

  place in the NL Central, Astros owner Drayton McLane decided to fire Manager Phil Garner and General Manager Tim Purpura.Sit, Ubu, Sit! suggests McLane go after a general manager in the mold of Boston's Theo Epstein. Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel ended his holdout and reported to camp after missing the team's first three preseason

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• Stros Fire Manager and GM

  Published: August 27, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Houston Astros, Nl Central, Mlb, Mlb

  are you turning this into a Houston Astros blog? This is the second Astros post in like 24 hours”. No, I’m not, generally I could care less about the ‘Stros but you’ll see in a moment why all of a sudden you think I’m from Texas. Today the Astros dumped manager Phil Garner and General Manager Tim Purpura less

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