Jim Crane is becoming impatient at how long it's taking Major League Baseball to approve his purchase of the Houston Astros. The Houston businessman told the Houston Chronicle in his first interview since the news conference to announce the sale that his contract with current Astros owner Drayton McLane has a deadline. He said in the story posted Thursday night that the $680 million deal with McLane announced May 16 goes through Nov. 30. "When that expires, then it expires," Crane said. "The contract goes through November 30. You know, that's a pretty standard process when you sign a deal like that." Read more: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6946057/jim-crane-waiting-mlb-approval-buy-houson-astros
