Astros reportedly moving to AL West

shocking. and by shocking i mean not remotely shocking at all.

 

Tell me about it!

 

here's a tweet from AstrosCounty about it

AstrosCounty Astros County
I can't tell if this is breaking news, or a curated article of the past eight months

 

Is that tweet 4 months old or "new"?

 

exactly!!

 

I can't wait for the "See, I told you that it would happen at the Owner's Meetings!" article.

 

ah, the Writer of Wrongs!! taking positions on all sides again.

i still liked his, "the AL discussion has nothing to with the delay!!!" yeah, richard....sure.

 

So if we don't have to switch until 2013, what happens next year if we have a Major League-type season where our young talent gels and our veterans come through and we win the NL?

Do we still have to switch if we're not bad?

 

So crane gets to pocket the compensation to the Astros for moving? How is that fair? It's not like he cares. Complete bull****

 

He's the one with the increased costs related to DH and travel. He's the one who's putting in $687 million for a team with an NL charter that will now being playing in the AL with more late night start times, affecting media dollars.

 

They will start with a naked cardboard cutout of Bud Selig and get to put on a piece of clothing each week they have a winning record.

 

But what about our pain and suffering? I want to be compensated for it.

I'm trying to decide if I will boycott baseball, or just suck it up and continue to root for the Astros.

 

I noted earlier in the thread that the $50 million was just a start...I'm going to need to be compensated.

 

There's an image I could have done without this morning.

Damn you, bobrek!

 

"I think of it as a bucket of piss to drown rats in."

 

double. . .

 

RandyMcIlvoy

 

holy crap. guessing the bulk of those 9 hours centered around how to compensate Crane.

 

Only seems right that it is happening in Milwaukee.

 

"Hello, Houston. I'm the new owner of the Astros. I'm excited to be taking over this position and will work to bring Houston a baseball team it can be proud of. There will be some upcoming changes, the first of which is that we'll be moving to the American League."

ugh. seriously, not the way to start off for a new owner. i'd be balking like crazy if i were crane.