We Ride Tonight, Ghost Horses

On the list of things you don't want to read about an entity that holds a significant ownership stake in two of your favorite sports clubs, I think the following sentence ranks near the top:

"Club Officials Go Silent Over Chatter Major League Baseball Has Loaned Texas Rangers Money"

Well, I Feel So Broke Up, I Wanna Go Home

Congratulations to Mr. Joseph Halbert and Mr. Jeremy Masten for correctly naming "Champagne Supernova" from the Oasis album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? as the Wednesday Song of the Day.

There is an episode in Season 3 of The Office where Michael happily informs Jan that no one at the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin is disgruntled with the company, but much to the contrary, everyone at the Scranton branch is extremely "gruntled".

Well, it seems that a group of Liverpool supporters is not quite "gruntled" with the fact that Tom Hicks and George Gillette still own the club:

Liverpool's American owners are facing a new takeover bid -- from frustrated fans. The longshot member-share scheme, set to be launched Thursday, aims to raise an estimated $1 billion to oust Tom Hicks of Dallas and George Gillett Jr. of Vail, Colo., and fund a new stadium. Inspired by the FC Barcelona model, the group -- Share Liverpool FC -- will appeal for 100,000 fans to each contribute up to $10,000.

"Liverpool Fans Trying to Buy Out American Owners" from the Associated Press.

I realize I engaged in a little panhandling last year to acquire the "Jesus Hates the Yankees" t-shirt, but is there any chance that someone has $10,000 just lying around that they wouldn't mind sending in my general direction?

Anyone?

Bueller?

Anyone?

You are Young and Life is Long

Congrats to Stephen Baker for naming "Tonight" by TV on the Radio as Wednesday's Song of the Day.

Today, during one of my breaks from studying for tomorrow's Property II Final, I ran across this article on espn.com. Apparently, Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks, along with Montreal Canadiens owner George Gillett, Jr., is making a bid to purchase a controlling ownership interest in the Liverpool Football Club in the English Premier League.

I'm not sure what Hicks and Gillett's chances are in this bid, but I can tell you this, Liverpool fans who worry that their club has not been able to keep up with big spenders like Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal in the Premier League should not have to worry anymore if Hicks' approach to soccer ownership is anything like his approach to baseball and hockey ownership.
Liverpool stars such as Captain Steven Gerrard can look forward to being surrounded with tons of offensive talent but minimal defensive help. It's just the Hicks way of doing things. Sorry, this has been the monthly rant on the Rangers' futility. I'll try to be positive for the rest of February.