I have said to (owner) Drayton McLane and the Houston club that that's a decision they have to make. 
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Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane, right, talks with general manager Ed Wade at the Astros' spring training facility Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 in Kissimmee, Fla. McLane said he'd meet Friday with Wade and president of baseball operations Tal Smith to evaluate whether they want Roger Clemens to continue to help with their minor leaguers.
Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane, right, talks with general manager Ed Wade at the Astros' spring training facility Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 in Kissimmee, Fla. McLane said he'd meet Friday with Wade and president of baseball operations Tal Smith to evaluate whether they want Roger Clemens to continue to help with their minor leaguers.
In this Feb. 29, 2008 file photo, Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane, right, watches practice with general manager Ed Wade at the Astros' spring training facility in Kissimmee, Fla. The Houston Astros must decide what's next for pitcher Shawn Chacon after he was suspended indefinitely Wednesday June 25, 2008 after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground.
Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane, right, watches practice with general manager Ed Wade at the Astros' spring training facility Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 in Kissimmee, Fla. McLane said he'd meet Friday with Wade and president of baseball operations Tal Smith to evaluate whether they want Roger Clemens to continue to help with their minor leaguers.
Houston Astros owner, Drayton McLane appears pensive during a news conference at Minute Maid Park, where he announced that the club had replaced manager Phil Garner, and General Manager Tim Purpura on Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. They were replaced by Astros bench coach Cecil Cooper, as interim manager, and Astros President of Baseball Operations, Tal Smith, was made the interim General Manager.
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HOUSTON -- Astros owner Drayton McLane defended the club's decision to stay the course with its current cast rather than trade away veterans to build for the future as other teams with similar records did in the days leading up to Thursday's
HOUSTON -- The Astros have, by default of their team nickname, always been linked to NASA, so it was fitting that Houston celebrated the 50-year anniversary of the creation of the space program before Tuesday's game.
McLane, Sampson meet with
CHICAGO -- Tropical Storm Edouard may be headed for Houston, and the Astros had some work to do at Minute Maid Park on Monday afternoon to protect the building -- more specifically, the roof -- against a weather-related disaster.
Astros take
Huston Street could pump up several contenders as the trade deadline approaches, but most seem reluctant to sacrifice their future for a chance to win this year.
COOPERSTOWN - With aces CC Sabathia and Rich Harden gone from the process before it got a
CHICAGO | Almost 20 years to the day after an epic rainstorm stopped the first night game in Wrigley Field history, an even more violent storm ripped through the old ballpark Monday night.
The storm, marked by winds clocked at 68 mph at the nearby
Miguel Tejada (with Jose Cruz) said he was told the Astros think they can win with him.
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Astros general manager Ed Wade
HOUSTON -- Several familiar faces will be present on the field Sunday afternoon when the Astros retire Craig Biggio's number, including the one player more closely tied with the recently retired second baseman than any other -- Jeff
GM Wade says adding slugger not 'viable alternative' now
"I'm sure there will be a lot of speculation," manager Cecil Cooper said of Barry Bonds replacing injured Carlos Lee. (Chris Shuttlesworth/MLB.com)
The Astros lose their slugging left fielder for
Quotes spotlight for "Drayton McLane"
I have said to (owner) Drayton McLane and the Houston club that that's a decision they have to make.
was said
in KFMB
I'd like to thank Drayton McLane, Tal Smith, and Ed Wade for the opportunity to be part of an organization that has a storied history of developing All-Star players
said Bobby Heck
I'm sure at some point in the next few days we'll sit down with (owner) Drayton (McLane) and Tal and Ed and talk about it ... In years past, he's shot me an e-mail and asked what time to be there, but I don't know this year.
said Ricky Bennett
I'm very proud of Drayton McLane and the Houston Astros for doing what they've done. I can tell you they won't be sorry. Cecil Cooper is a classy guy who deserves an opportunity and I'm very confident he'll do very well.
was said
in ESPN
We were able to use the first option, being able to line up the fracture without having to do too many incisions ... He has two incisions, but they’re very small. We’re not planning another surgery. I think this is going to successfully treat the problem, so that will be good, the best-case scenario. If we had a little more time in the season, we would probably try to push things.
said Tom Mehlhoff
