The Astros, initiating a major overhaul, have fired general manager Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner, according to a major-league source.

The move comes just two years after the pair took the team to the first World Series in franchise history.
The Astros have called a news conference at 3 p.m. ET to announce the change.

Owner Drayton McLane expected the team to contend after signing left fielder Carlos Lee to a $100 million free-agent contract and adding starting pitchers Woody Williams and Jason Jennings.

Instead, the Astros are 58-73, tied with the Nationals for the third-worst record in the National League, ahead of only the Pirates and Marlins.

Bench coach Cecil Cooper will be the team's interim manager.

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That's stupid! Maybe only the GM should go for putting all the eggs in one basket but what the hell did Gardner do wrong? The Astros were in a similar position in '04 and Gardner turned the team around to the postseason. In '05, they made it to the World Series. In '06, they were within a game of making it to the playoffs and in baseball, that's hard enough to do as it is. This is the first year that they aren't going anywhere and so the owner calls his PR company and they say someone has to be fired.

They should have traded Lidge for some prospects.

Garner = new Blue Jays manager. Book it.

Please God, let it be true.

Garner and Joe Girardi are only going to pick winning situations. I don't think that includes us...

Garner doesn't want to go to a rebuilding situation, that's not us.

Garner is overated. He had his year with the Stros and its over. Notice the Tigers sucked ass till a little after they fired him.

hopefully the trend continues just for a lil while as the Cards could really use taking 2 out of 3 this week from the stros on the road and keep this comeback alive

Yes, it's his fault that he had to manage the Tigers when they had no major league talent to speak of.

Hope he lands in Toronto too. Kinda feel bad for him.