"The Houston Astros fired manager Cecil Cooper on Monday with 13 games left in another disappointing season. Third-base coach Dave Clark was named interim manager and things didn't change much Monday night as the Astros lost their eighth straight, 7-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals, to drop to 70-80. General manager Ed Wade said the change couldn't wait until the end of the season. He added that more changes could be coming for a franchise just four years removed from its only World Series appearance.
"We're tasked with evaluating all aspects of our situation," Wade said. "At the end of the day, we're going to try to address those off-field issues that exist. We're not walking away from it. The issue we had to address here, in the short term, was the managerial issue and that's why we moved forward today (Sportsline)."
Can't say I really understand why the Astros just didn't wait till the end of the season, but in the end it really doesn't matter. This franchise was very good a couple years back, but have fallen further and further every year. I can't completely blame Cooper as I am not very high on the talent on this team. It will be very interesting to see if the Astros open up their wallets to try to land a couple big free agents...
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