San Diego fire sale coming, just not many bargains available (Yahoo! Sports)
The San Diego Padres already cut Jim Edmonds. They could dangle Randy Wolf to the Milwaukee Brewers , Houston…

Cabell to represent Astros at Draft
Cabell to represent Astros at Draft Special assistant to the GM Enos Cabell will go on special assignment to Florida as the club’s representative at the Draft table for the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

Cooper supports instant replay
Cooper supports instant replay Count Astros manager Cecil Cooper as one who supports using instant replay in baseball — the sooner the better, in fact.

Astros change yellow line in outfield (AP)
The Houston Astros removed a yellow board on an outfield wall on Tuesday that contributed to a botched home run call the night before. Geovany Soto got an inside-the-park three-run homer in the fourth inning despite replays showing that it should have been an automatic home run. The ball bounced just to the right of the yellow line on the wall in left-center field.

Astros Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

A day after the Cubs‘ Geovany Soto hit an inside-the-park home run off the yellow line on the wall in left-center field, the line that ran vertically on a 45-degree angle facing home plate was removed to make it easier for umpires to judge when a ball is officially a traditional home run.

Now, the entire side of that wall is green, meaning any ball hit over the yellow line above the center field wall from left center through the batter’s eye is a home run.

“It’s just so there’s no confusion,” said former Astros general manager Bob Watson, Major League Baseball’s vice president of standards and on-field Operations. “There’s no need for that type of confusion at a big-league ballpark.”

Watson, Astros general manager Ed Wade, manager Cecil Cooper, assistant GMs…

Biggio brings his team to ballpark
Biggio brings his team to ballpark A few hours after being introduced as the St. Thomas High School head coach on Tuesday, Craig Biggio brought the players and coaches to Minute Maid Park.

Valverde brings passion back to game
Valverde brings passion back The dancing, the fist pumps and the pointing into the air are all back for Houston closer Jose Valverde. More importantly for the Astros, so is the consistent pitching.