Ed Wade let us have Mitch Williams when he was with the Phillies. December 2, 1993: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Houston Astros for Doug Jones and Jeff Juden. Mitch Williams as an Astro closer 1-4 W-L 6 SV 7.65 ERA 25 G 2.250 WHIP
No. Little wonder the city didn’t get a retired space shuttle. The scoundrels who made that idiotic decision probably figured Astros general manager Ed Wade would have dismantled it for parts and traded it to Philadelphia for Liberty Bell knockoffs. -Jerome Solomon, Houston Chronicle