Chip’s traveling — yes, again — so Dan Peschong steps in today with a somewhat (ahem) controversial discussion about Astros’ owner Jim Crane. Dan, the floor is yours, so let the dance begin. • •• ••• •• • I dare say that for most professional sports teams the change of ownership is an occurrence that rarely occurs and certainly does not match the almost constant recycle of managers and GMs. Prior to Jim Crane, the Astros were owned or majority owned by 4 entities: The mercurial Judge Roy Hofheinz who early on bought out oilman R.E. Smith and basically ran the club from inception in 1962 to near bankruptcy in [...]