The Astros came this close to nabbing Mike Lowell from the Red Sox, WTVG Toledo says.
One team that looked at Lowell was Houston, whose new manager is former Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills, but the Astros decided that he was too great a question mark to play third base, according to one source.
Hm. Mike Lowell. Or Pedro Feliz. Are you kidding me.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
