So let me welcome (or really, welcome back) Ed Wade to Houston as the Astros' new GM. My very fuzzy recollection of his tenure in Philadelphia was that he was reasonably solid, and did do a good job of finding young talent, which Lord knows the Stros desperately need, but was eventually done in by personality conflicts. Given Drayton McLane's history with GMs (*cough* *cough* Gerry Hunsicker *cough* *cough*), that perhaps doesn't bode so well for Wade, but that ain't my problem. Wade at least is unlikely to run into another Scott Rolen situation, where the best player on the team is being run out of town on a rail by the fans. How everyone reacts when he tells them that Brad Ausmus needs to go, that will be the test. Good luck to you, sir.