just felt like saying it.

That’s at least the second time that the Astros have undervalued Ryan and let him go to the Rangers.

Possibility though

Maybe they’ll return to New Orleans

Well this could just be Bohls talking out his ass. But he says Sanders and Ryan are trying to put an investment group together to buy the Rangers. So, presumably any interest in the Astros might depend on that falling through, or perhaps a new Rangers’ owner replacing Ryan, etc. Bohls says that Sanders and Ryan have been looking for new investment opportunities, including more minor league teams…and he suggests that they would love to put an investment group together if McLane decides to sell the Astros. Where does the money come from? I assume that they have to persuade a bunch of wealthy people to become partners with them in a consortium. I know that they have been successful in getting rich ballplayers, like Pettitte and Clemens, to put money into their minor league clubs.

Back in the day, at least (and this might still be true) Steinbrenner was just the head of the Yankees’ ownership group. The Red Sox are owned by a group of individuals, same goes for the Padres.

is that a core one or two people would be the managing partners and the rest of the group would be “silent” partners…still taking their cut of the profits, but not making many management decisions.

Or the various owners take different management positions…Ryan-Sanders Baseball, Inc., which owns the Round Rock Express, for example, has three principal owners (Nolan Ryan, Don Sanders, and Eddie Maloney), and the other owners take on officership positions: Reid Ryan (Owner and CEO), Reese Ryan (Owner and CFO), Jay Miller (Owner/President/COO). Bret Sanders and Brad Sanders appear to have stakes in the operation without any formal hand in the day-to-day operations.