Phil Garner says he has agreed to stay on with the Oakland Athletics in a part-time special adviser role. Garner, who had contemplated retirement, will be with the team throughout spring training in Phoenix. His role will then be further ...
MLB.comAstros' 50th marked at Houston Baseball DinnerMLB.comBy Brian McTaggart / MLB.com | 02/11/12 12:30 AM EST Former Astros manager Phil Garner and current manager Brad Mills chat during Friday's Houston Baseball Dinner. (MLB.com) HOUSTON -- Several of the greatest Astros players from years past, ...Astros' 2012 Houston Baseball DinnerHouston Chronicle (blog)all 6 news articles »
His look back at the Johan Santana trade is the reason why we are going to revisit ... Roy Oswalt traded by the Houston Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Anthony Gose (minors), Jonathan Villar (minors) and J.A. Happ. Houston then shipped ...
Last week, Jim Crane, the new owner of Houston’s major league ballclub, threw Texas into a tizzy when he mentioned that his marketing division was investigating the possibility of changing the Astros’ nickname when they move to the American League West next season.
Of course, these days Howe is best known for being portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman as the curmudgeonly, old school manager of the Oakland Athletics in Moneyball which is quite unfair given that Howe went along with Billy Beane Ball.