(Saturday) “I thought he’d be ready by now,” Cooper said.
GM pulls another rabbit out of a hat.
Wade trades another “useless” minor leaguer to the Yankees for a reliever.
Hack
Wade “Instead of (Tejada) being there answering questions [from reporters] leading up to the deadline — ‘Do you think you’re going to go someplace? What do you think your status is?’ — and him giving diplomatic responses, I went in the weight room and I said, ‘I haven’t talked to any clubs about you, I’m not trading you, you’re a Houston Astro and I’m glad to have you,'” Wade said. “He said, ‘OK.'”
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BS and Gotcha! Games
Ortiz “I placed calls to several scouts, and the rumor is that the Red Sox have talked to the Astros, perhaps about Miguel Tejada.” therefore, “According to a person familiar with the talks, the Red Sox would like Tejada…” and Justice “The Red Sox have slight interest in Tejada. They’ve got a scout tracking the Astros this week,…”
News blackout, Q’s head
In todays’ local paper there are no articles about the Astros.