Accord Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 HOUSTON -- Three of the Houston Astros' stars are getting interested in the minor leagues -- as part-owners of two franchises. Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Craig Biggio plan to become part-owners of Ryan Sanders Baseball, joining Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan and Houston businessman Don Sanders. The company owns Triple-A Edmonton and Double-A Round Rock. Sanders told Houston television station KRIV that the deal is done pending approval of Major League Baseball. Clemens said he's looking forward to being involved. "It's just going to be a lot of fun,'' he told KRIV. "As time goes on, I'm sure we will be more and more involved." Pettitte said he never imagined owning a piece of a franchise. "Obviously, it's exciting to be offered to get into that, to be able to just be involved with baseball and with Nolan," Pettitte said. Biggio, acknowledging that one can't play baseball forever, sees it as another way of keeping his foot in the sport's door. ``I'm excited to see how the other side works and operates,'' he said. http://espn.go.com/minorlbb/news/2004/0513/1800781.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramp Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moneyball Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 how much does a minor league team cost and is it profittable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 *buys the Brooklyn Cyclones* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Texan Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 the edmonton team is most likely moving to round rock within the next couple of years once all teh legal stuff can be worked out and the round rock team will move to corpus christi once the stadium they are working on is finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moneyball Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 is there a AAA team in Washington DC? if the expos don't move there, and i had the money i would set up a team there quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigersfan1 Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 is there a AAA team in Washington DC? if the expos don't move there, and i had the money i would set up a team there quick! No, as far as I know, there is no minor league team in Washington D.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERF Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 why waste ur money on a single a team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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