NEWSFLASH: Chris Davis Promoted To Texas
mvn.com 6/26/2008 — It was less than 36 hours ago that the estimable Jason Parks and I unveiled the inaugural edition of our BTiA Top 25 Mid-Season Prospect Rankings, which found Longview, Texas native Chris Davis reigning as the second-best prospect in the Texas ...
Astros GM Ed Wade Attacked by Pitcher Shawn Chacon
bizofbaseball.com 6/27/2008 — Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon got into a physical altercation with general manager Ed Wade before yesterday’s game against the Rangers at Minute Maid Park resulting in Chacon being suspended from the team indefinitely. Chacon had recently been demoted to the bullpen and had asked for a trade on Sunday through his agent, Dan Horwits. As reported by the Houston Chronicle , matters ...
Flush Twice, It's a Long Way to Texas
fenwaywest.blogspot.com 6/27/2008 — I read the above headline in a bathroom stall in Alaska several years ago and it seems appropriate today. The Sox are headed to Houston; home of Enron, George H.W. Bush Airport, and Roger Clemens*. Interleague play can sometimes make sense and be interesting but it is hard to get excited about playing the Astros. I wonder how many Sox blogs or newspaper stories are going to go with the "Houston, W
