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Bob Watson Has Eyes for Drayton McLane

It's been a rough year for the Astros. They are, after all, in the only division in recent memory in which a .500 team might actually take first, and they're stuck in the back of the pack with the Pirates. They've since fired GM Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner, and are building a new city, hopefully with the brick and...

Garner and Purpura Canned in Houston

You're know your favorite team is really bad if it can't even contend in the NL Central. To that end, it shouldn't be a huge surprise for fans in Houston to see that the Astros have decided to clean house. The blog Crawfish Boxes had the scoop earlier today and it's since been confirmed by the team's official website:The...

Jason Jennings' Season Is Over

It is safe to say that Jason Jennings' first and maybe only season as a Houston Astro did not go as either side planned. The Astros traded for Jennings, who mastered Coors Field in 2006, to help fill in the holes created when Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens bolted back to New York. Instead of helping, Jennings went 2-9...

Tim Purpura Should Be Ashamed of Himself

Lots of noise has been made over the signing deadline of midnight for the 2007 draft class. After lots of hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing, most of the key players from the first round ended up signing (I said most, sorry Kansas City turns out Moustakas signed at just about the last possible second after all, thanks to...

Ty Wigginton Traded To the Astros

And we have yet another thrilling near-deadline trade to talk about. The non-contender Houston Astros sent struggling reliever Dan Wheeler to Tampa Bay for utility-man extraordinaire Ty Wigginton. Tampa's pen is terrible so this move makes sense for them, but I don't really see how this is helping the Astros a whole ton....

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Stephen Colbert: Rick Perry 'Taking Sloppy Seconds' On My Super PAC Treasurer

When Stephen Colbert said he was calling dibs on Rick Perry for his Super PAC, America didn't know what to expect.

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'Tim Burton' Opens At LACMA

This weekend the "Tim Burton" exhibit opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Previously at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the exhibit's Los Angeles opening was a star studded event including Winona Ryder, Slash, Danny Elfman and Burton himself.

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Tim Hortons Franchise Spotlight

The coffee and doughnut franchise has surpassed McDonald's in the Canadian market both in number of outlets and system-wide sales.

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12/02/11 Texas hires ex-GM Purpura as farm director Source: MLB - Texas Rangers The Rangers have hired former Astros general manager Tim Purpura as their farm director.
11/30/11 Assistant GM Levine to remain with Rangers Source: MLB - Texas Rangers The Astros have asked for and received permission to interview Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine for their GM opening, according to MLB.com's Brian McTaggart.
07/20/11 In Defense of Ed Wade Source: The Crawfish Boxes It is easy to be down on the Astros right now.
11/04/10 MiLB exec Purpura wins Hemond Award Source: Minor League Baseball Minor League Baseball Executive Vice President & COO Tim Purpura has been named the winner of the 10th annual Roland Hemond Award by the Arizona Fall League.