blogs.chron.com - 6/27/2009
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Brandon Backe gave the Astros' fans tremendous memories, especially in the postseason. But now it appears that he'll never play for his hometown team again. The Galveston Ball High graduate was designated for assignment Friday night to make room for...
jsonline.com - 7/1/2009
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July 1, 2009 Brewers general manager Doug Melvin
just told us that he has no interest in...
pursuing right-hander Brandon Backe, recently released by Houston. Melvin said Backe has had too many health problems."We talked about it and decided to pass," ...
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Brewers not interested in Backe
footer.mlblogs.com - 6/30/2009
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Brandon Backe refused the Astros' Minor League assignment,
and now, the club in the process of giving...
him his unconditional release. The decision to designate Backe for assignment a few days ago signaled the likely end of his tenure with...
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So long, Brandon Backe.
brewersbeat.mlblogs.com - 7/1/2009
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brewersbeat.mlblogs.com —
The Brewers will do their due dilligence on
right-hander Brandon Backe, the former Astro who was designated...
for assignment last week and refused a trip to Houston's Triple-A club on Monday.Backe, 31, missed two months with an oblique injury and...
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Brewers to "take a look" at Backe
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The Crawfish Boxes —
... "It's extremely difficult just the way — I kind of hate to say it — just the way that I was treated," he said. "I was given a schedule of five starts in the minor leagues to get myself rehabbed and back in the rotation. Then they threw another (rehab start) on me at the end to go to Round Rock and pitch. Once that's over with they played the game, 'I don't know what's going on,' until the last minute. ...
Astros Designate Brandon Backe for Assignment
Rise of the Rays —
Brandon Backe, the 18th round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays back in 1998 has been DFA’d by the Houston Astros. He had only appeared in five games this season after missing all of spring training and April with a rib cage injury.
He has been with the Astros since 2003, when the Devil Rays traded him for utililty infielder Geoff Blum.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Backe wasn’t expecting the move:
“It’s kind of a shock to me,” he said. “I don’t know what I’m going to ...
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HardballTalk —
... . Every batter in Lake Elsinore's lineup had multiple hits and six of the nine guys had at least four hits in a game that featured 10 homers and 56 total hits. * He's allowed 15 run in 13 innings this season after going 9-14 with a 6.05 ERA last year, yet Brandon Backe was "shocked" by the Astros designating him for assignment over the weekend. * According to Shawn Estes, he's ...
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