I agree with the part about Crane and Selig, the part I bolded, but not the rest of the post. Losing the Oilers is worse than this. Having said that, moving the Astros to the AL for some ****ing money is an obscenity. If this happens, as a fan of the Astros, I'll be going on strike, indefinitely.
You're right. He needs to be included, none of which does the fans any good if this travesty goes through.
Crane should have run. Drayton skims millions off the TV dealz and now Crane gets a crap team in the AL? Asstros will have a 40 mil payroll for a decade.
If we are going to have to join the AL West, I wish we could do it this season. Having one more season in the NL to lament this...stretching out the misery for a year...makes it worse, imo. On to division opponents against teams in uninteresting ballparks with relatively no history and tiny fan bases.....the most boring division in all of baseball. Great.
A move to the American league would suck so much. I'll find a different national league team to cheer for. Maybe even the Dodgers. Though probably Milwaukee, or maybe even San Diego.
I'm looking forward to being regional rivals with the Rangers. Rivarlies like Braves, Mets, Dodgers, Cardinals, Cubs are a hit and miss. For the Rockets rivarlies like the Sonic, Suns, Jazz, Lakers are hot/cold. The two constants the San Antonio Spurs/Dallas Mavericks... Most electrifying game at reliant? and what brings fights to parking lots? Cowboys/Texans Houston/Dallas will always be there. A tight divison race with the Rangers down the stretch of September will be epic... My biggest gripe is not starting until 2013 go ahead and turn the page now...My biggest change will be rooting for the AL in the all star game that will feel very odd...
The same would hold true for nearly every city, but they have always put close geographical neighbors in opposite leagues. Royals/Cardinals, Rays/Marlins, Yankees/Mets, Cubs/WSox, A's/Giants, Angels/Dodgers, Rangers/Astros, Indians/Reds.
Sad, sad news. I do not consider the crap that they play in the other league to be baseball, and I absolutely LOATHE it. Jim Crane, in my eyes, is Judas.
When it comes down to it, no matter what, I'm a fan of the team with "Houston" on their jerseys. I don't like the impending switch but I'll learn to live with it and eventually forget all about it. I'm more concerned with media rights in central Texas. With the 2 Texas teams now being in the same league, they're not going to allow both teams to be shown. Right now is the worst possible time for the Astros to have to try and negotiate that. Austin, in particular, while still leaning towards Houston, is slowly becoming a rangers town. The Express are now the AAA team of the Rangers and coverage in the papers and media was HEAVY towards Arlington, even early in the regular season. Being a 106-loss team trying to negotiate tv time vs the 2-time defending AL champion is a battle I wouldn't want a part of. If we lose the ability to watch nightly Astros games in greater-Austin, my fandom will likely fade...much like it has for the Rockets since I've moved here. It's not because I don't still love and root for them. But not having the ability to watch consistently makes me nonchalant about following them.
I used to live near Philly and watched Mike Schmidt play at Veterans Stadium back in the day. I adopted the Flyers as my hockey team, maybe I should return to rooting for the Phillies.
I'd be happy if he just found a way to move Carlos Lee. If they are going after free agents, it can only be after Ed Wade is fired.
Wow, not how I see it at all. Dallas was hardly a rival for the umpteen years they sucked ass. No one gave one flying tinker's damn about wins vs. the Mavs from about 1990-2000. The Jazz are ALWAYS a rival. Entirely different. Cowboys fans are everywhere...in Dallas and beyond. The same can't be said of Ranger fans. vomit
I still haven't gotten an answer on that question, leroy. Still have no idea how that's going to be affected.
