Sad, sad news for Cruz

Yeah, sarcasm. I'm getting good at it. Drayton fired, uh, I mean, "reassigned" all of the Astros coaches except for Dave Clark and Sean Berry, the hitting coach. I was sorry about the latter and hoped that maybe Drayton would put out the bucks to hire Jaime Cevallos, who turned Ben Zobrist from Eric Bruntlett to almost MVP. At the very LEAST, perhaps he could have...

While we're all still awaiting the winner of the last Division Series to be settled, teams that had their seasons end with the regular season are in the process of trying to find new managers who can hopefully get them to the postseason next year. Two of those teams, the Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros, have interest in a couple of coaches from the recently eliminated Boston Red Sox.The

Dave Clark met with the team Wednesday, the first of 10 candidates the Astros say they will interview as they search for a full-time skipper.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Dave Clark interviewed with the Houston Astros on Wednesday for their full-time manager position.

It’s been approximately 24 hours since the Red Sox were swept out of the playoffs and right into the harshness of an early off-season. I’ll probably do a season wrap-up sometime this winter but for now, all eyes on the future.. - The Houston Astros dumped their manager and are looking for a replacement. [...]

BOSTON (AP) -- The Houston Astros have received permission from Boston to speak to coaches Tim Bogar and Brad Mills about their open managerial job.

The Houston Astros baseball club announced their list of 10 managerial candidates on Monday, Oct. 12, with names ranging from Manny Acta to Ned Yost...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

The Houston Astros have received permission from Boston to speak to coaches Tim Bogar and Brad Mills about their open managerial job.

Aaron Boone is likely to retire, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today (via Twitter).  Boone, 36, worked hard to rehab from March open heart surgery and picked up 14 plate appearances at the end of the season. Boone would finish with a career line of .263/.326/.425 in 4,329 plate appearances, mostly as a third baseman.  He played for the Reds, Yankees, Indians, Marlins...

The Houston Astros will interview 10 candidates over the next week to become the team's next manager, including former Milwaukee Brewers skippers Phil Garner and Ned Yost.

You know: in the 1960s and 1970s there was The Carol Burnett Show and in an ongoing skit they'd do a spoof of the soap opera As The World Turns with As The Stomach Turns...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Teams with managerial openings will be deciding soon who will man their dugouts for the 2010 season. Some rumblings on the candidates.... MLB.com's Brian McTaggart writes that the Houston Astros' list of candidates features many familiar names, including Bob Melvin, Ned Yost, Manny Acta, and former Astros skipper Phil Garner. McTaggart doesn't mention Jim...