I suppose most everyone has heard that the Houston Astros will be moving to the American League West in 2013. This is in order to even out the leagues at 15 teams apiece, create a wild-card postseason play-in game, and give the bracket junkies a chance to send all of their proposals off to Major League Baseball. There's only one problem. The Astros aren't an American League team. Yeah, I know, baseball's going to put them in the A.L. West, and they will be listed with the other A.L. West teams, and they will build fascinating new rivalries with the A's and Mariners (can't wait to see TV ratings on those). But they'll still be a National League team to me. Always. "Oh, you'll get used to it," I hear you saying. "They split the divisions from two to three, they added wild cards, they created interleague and you're still here, right?" Yeah, I'm still here. But I'm kind of going along with things only because I love...
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