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CHICAGO -- Only an hour after saying it was too early to change closers, Astros manager Phil Garner removed Brad Lidge from the job and handed it to Dan Wheeler on Monday afternoon before opening a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. As Lidge struggled through spring training, Garner said he wouldn’t be concerned about his closer until he blew about five opportunities ... [link]

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Lidge Out As Closer: Wheeler In
Published 4/9/2007 at Houston Astros Blog -
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Lidge OUT, Wheeler IN, as Houston Closer
Published 4/9/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... Lidge OUT, Wheeler IN, as Houston Closer For the fourth time since last May, Phil Garner has dropped Brad Lidge from the Astros closer role. I m going to change the bullpen configuration, Garner said before the start of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs today. Dan Wheeler will be the closer while Chad Qualls and Rick White will be the main setup pitchers. Lidge will likely pitch in sixth and seventh inning situations.

Attn : Fantasy Baseball Owners (And Real Life GM’s) : Brad Lidge’s Trade Value Just Went Into The Toilet
Published 4/9/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... From the Houston Chronicle’s Jose De Jesus Ortiz.

Dan Wheeler To Become Astros Closer
Published 4/10/2007 by Knox at Crooked Pitch
... today. Astros manager, Phil Garner, announced that Dan Wheeler would step into the role of closing games in Houston.

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