im Crane learned persistence playing baseball in his youth. Turns out, he needed it. The Houston businessman failed three times to realize his dream of buying a major league baseball team. On Monday, his attitude paid off when Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane announced that he had agreed to sell the team to a group led by Crane for $680 million -- the second-highest price in major league history if it is approved. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6556241
