Here's an interview with Jim Crane from a Florida newspaper covering the re-opening of Crane's golf club:
I think our goal ... is to build the minor league team first and once we have that loaded up and the players start to develop and come up, we will go ahead and sign some free agents as (Rangers) have to help compliment them. We will emulate (the Rangers) model as we try to improve the Astros.
Also contained in the interview is that Crane is exploring moving Spring Training facilities away from Kissimmee, and sharing facilities with the New York Mets.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
