Sinking Astros Fire Manager Cooper (ap)

FILE - In this May 30, 2009 file photo, Houston Astros manager Cecil Cooper walks in the dugout during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh. The Houston Astros have fired Cooper. Third-base coach Dave Clark will take over as interim manager for the final 13 games this season, the team announced Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.

The Houston Astros, who failed to make any sort of serious run at the postseason this year, fired manager Cecil Cooper on Monday with 13 games left in the season. Third-base coach Dave Clark was named interim manager. The Astros were 70-79 headed into Monday's home against St. Louis. The 59-year-old Cooper was hired on Aug.

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