Odd Rumor of the Day

From the NY Post via Yahoo Sports. Tony Pena is being considered for the Houston Astros job. Pena refused comment when asked about it. Okay, that's now the odd part. Here it is.

The rumor is based on the fact that Pena is the godfather of one of Tim Purpura's children. I guess the Post didn't get the memo that Purpura was fired as GM when Phil Garner got let go.

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Astros Drop the Ax

According to Ken Rosenthal, the Houston Astros have sent manager Phil Garner and GM Tim Purpura to the unemployment line. The Astros are just 58-73 this season, 2 years after making it to the World Series. Bench coach Cecil Cooper takes over as interim manager.

Although they signed Carlos Lee this off-season, the Astros took a big hit with the loss of Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens.

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