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Gammons: Astros move to AL coming

  • For some reason, the thought of the Tigers playing the San Diego Padres in late September with the AL Central title on the line seems wrong and kind of nauseating.

    Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad. -- Lyndon Johnson

    James McNulty

  • RPMadMSU said...

    I dunno...LA is still out there with good pitching and a decent offense. I think they'll make a play for Fielder.

    Seattle has the pitching, if they can find some O, they could be solid.

    Oakland sucks, and will probably continue to suck, but even they won 75 games this year and can be pesky.

    A's fan here. As bad as they were this season there were 10 teams worse! I was hoping for a top 5 draft pick yet teams like the Cubs and Twins, with huge payrolls, were a lot worse than the A's. As for contraction, the A's need to be moved to San Jose. If not, they are up the creek without a paddle as another guy said. They'll be stuck in a crappy stadium drawing 10,000 fans drawing on baseball welfare until they are contracted.

    "This is the strangest life I've ever known" Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

    MrMojoRisin

  • MrMojoRisin said...

    A's fan here. As bad as they were this season there were 10 teams worse! I was hoping for a top 5 draft pick yet teams like the Cubs and Twins, with huge payrolls, were a lot worse than the A's. As for contraction, the A's need to be moved to San Jose. If not, they are up the creek without a paddle as another guy said. They'll be stuck in a crappy stadium drawing 10,000 fans drawing on baseball welfare until they are contracted.

    It's too bad their last stadium deal fell through. I think they could draw fans in the San Jose/Mt. View/Fremont area. The 2 times I've been to Oakland C from San Jose area it wasn't a fun trip....but at least it was cheap!

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  • James McNulty said...

    For some reason, the thought of the Tigers playing the San Diego Padres in late September with the AL Central title on the line seems wrong and kind of nauseating.

    With 5 teams in the division, someone is always going to be playing non division games anyway,

    The Tigers made 4 trips to the West Coast this year playing an unbalanced schedule, including once in late September. Any real difference in playing San Diego instead of Oakland or Seattle. (besides the absence of a DH)

    WBill19542 ●

  • I just don't see a big difference between interleague in baseball and interconference games in any other major pro league.

    The difference is that historically, the leagues had not crossed in the regular season. Now that there is interleague and the earth has not opened, it's just not a big deal.

    “Kansas may wind up number one in these polls, but that would be so unfair to Texas...” -- Len Elmore, 2/13/11

    Bob in Houston

  • ClankyIronBoots said...

    18 games vs. Division opponents 6 games vs. League opponents 6 games vs. one interleague division opponents

    14 games v. division teams = 56
    6 games v. all other AL teams =60
    3 games v. all NL opponents= 45
    1 game plugged in somewhere else

    WBill19542 ●

  • WBill@ said...

    With 5 teams in the division, someone is always going to be playing non division games anyway,

    The Tigers made 4 trips to the West Coast this year playing an unbalanced schedule, including once in late September. Any real difference in playing San Diego instead of Oakland or Seattle. (besides the absence of a DH)

    Yeah, but out of league games with division titles on the line in late September just seems wrong. Playing the Mariners or Orioles in late September sounds OK because they still might be competing with the Tigers for the AL Wild Card. Same can't be said for any interleague games.

    Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad. -- Lyndon Johnson

    James McNulty

  • I'm happy. My dad (huge Tiger's fan) lives in Houston.

    MSUmath2013

  • James McNulty said...

    Yeah, but out of league games with division titles on the line in late September just seems wrong. Playing the Mariners or Orioles in late September sounds OK because they still might be competing with the Tigers for the AL Wild Card. Same can't be said for any interleague games.

    You can never tell who is going to still be playing for something and who isn't. A team like San Diego could be fighting for a playoff birth of their own.

    I agree inter-league play reduces the novelty the WS once had. But improving the 170+ games leading up to WS is a decent tradeoff.

    WBill19542 ●

  • Astros Likely To Join American League In 2013

    Prospective Astros owner Jim Crane has agreed to move the team to the American League in 2013, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). Crane still needs the approval of baseball's other owners. He would get a discount of approximately $50MM to switch leagues, according to Heyman. Bob Nightengale of USA Today says compensation will be in the $80MM range (Twitter link).

    The move would even out the two leagues at 15 teams each and create six divisions of five teams, assuming Houston joins the four-team American League West. The shift is tied to the upcoming collective bargaining agreement, which may include identical schedules for teams within the same division and boost inter-league play considerably.

    WBill19542 ●

  • ClankyIronBoots said...

    If they are going to have interleague all year then the NL has to adopt the DH

    The DH isn't real baseball..... but I could live with this change....allow a DH and also make the pitcher bat, so you would have 10 batters in the order...that way the strategy that makes NL baseball far more interesting would be combined with the extra pop a DH gives. Also, would cut down on blatantly throwing at batters when a pitcher knows he will be plunked next time up.

    Of course, I also would like to see hockey expand the size of the goal by a foot higher and 2 feet wider; put two baskets at each end of the basketball court and let the big guys decide which one to stand under....and also got ejected from a slopitch softball game for telling the umpire that since we only had 9 players, we would play without a catcher...no stealing was allowed so the umpire would just have to throw the ball back to me.

    This post was edited by ancientspartan on 11/14/2011 at 7:02 PM

    ancientspartan

  • ancientspartan said...

    The DH isn't real baseball..... but I could live with this change....allow a DH and also make the pitcher bat, so you would have 10 batters in the order...that way the strategy that makes NL baseball far more interesting would be combined with the extra pop a DH gives. Also, would cut down on blatantly throwing at batters when a pitcher knows he will be plunked next time up.

    10 men lineups isn't real baseball either.

    WBill19542 ●

  • WBill@ said...

    Astros Likely To Join American League In 2013

    Prospective Astros owner Jim Crane has agreed to move the team to the American League in 2013, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). Crane still needs the approval of baseball's other owners. He would get a discount of approximately $50MM to switch leagues, according to Heyman. Bob Nightengale of USA Today says compensation will be in the $80MM range (Twitter link).

    The move would even out the two leagues at 15 teams each and create six divisions of five teams, assuming Houston joins the four-team American League West. The shift is tied to the upcoming collective bargaining agreement, which may include identical schedules for teams within the same division and boost inter-league play considerably.

    Good...they should make the scheduling and format similar to the NFL.

    tVargMan Prime ●

  • Boy...wish the Marlins were shifting to the AL...they always clean up during inter league play....

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    305Sparty

  • The AL West gets a new bottom feeder. C'mon Selig let's get this A's to San Jose move done now.

    "This is the strangest life I've ever known" Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

    MrMojoRisin

  • Its marketing to the Spanish speaking baseball fans in Texas and there are a lot of them.

    GRR Spartan

  • Feels weird and I don't like their gimmicky park.

    ErnieMcCracken

  • WBill@ said...

    14 games v. division teams = 56 6 games v. all other AL teams =60 3 games v. all NL opponents= 45 1 game plugged in somewhere else

    Rotating 7th game versus an AL opponent.

    Beardy

  • ErnieMcCracken said...

    Feels weird and I don't like their gimmicky park.

    I loooooooooove Minute Maid, very beautiful. I like the uniqueness of their field shape.

    MSUmath2013

  • MSUmath2013 said...

    I loooooooooove Minute Maid, very beautiful. I like the uniqueness of their field shape.

    Minute Maid sucks, certainly doesn't strike me as beautiful. Nowhere close to Comerica. It just doesn't feel right being indoors for a baseball game, and the atmosphere is awful. Best game I've been to was against Boston because at least the Sox fans were into the game. Houston just doesn't seem to care about the Astros, understandably.

    Mayleman

  • MSUmath2013 said...

    I loooooooooove Minute Maid, very beautiful. I like the uniqueness of their field shape.

    Once a Tiger gets hurt at that place, the fan base will want to burn it down.

    ErnieMcCracken

  • Mayleman said...

    Minute Maid sucks, certainly doesn't strike me as beautiful. Nowhere close to Comerica. It just doesn't feel right being indoors for a baseball game, and the atmosphere is awful. Best game I've been to was against Boston because at least the Sox fans were into the game. Houston just doesn't seem to care about the Astros, understandably.

    The Ballpark is absolutely beautiful, and certainly does not suck. I prefer it over Comerica, more unique. Terrible atmosphere, yes. One game I went to their fans were talking shit to the ONLY PLAYER on their team to make the all-star team, Hunter Pence. But he's in Philadelphia now, so that didn't work out for them. Houston cares about the Astros when the Astros are good, this is rather routine in most cities.

    I forgot to add, I also prefer the open air feel to a baseball game, but when they close the roof at least they have air conditioning. Sometimes it's way too hot and humid in Houston. Plus the things I would give to have a Comerica Park retractable roof... Rain outs are an absolute drag. Especially when you don't live in Metro-Detroit.

    Anyways, done deal.

    This post was edited by MSUmath2013 on 11/17/2011 at 3:09 PM

    Houston Astros sale, move to American League approved by MLB - CSMonitor.com

    Houston Astros were sold to businessman Jim Crane by Drayton McLane. In 2013, the Houston Astros will move to the American League West Division.

    www.csmonitor.com

    MSUmath2013

  • Miguel Cabrera is going to LOVE the corners and gaps, and hate CF.

    MSUmath2013

  • really disappointing between this and adding a wild card

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    AUAlum06 ●

  • AUAlum06 said...

    really disappointing between this and adding a wild card

    Something had to give. Not quite fair for some teams to have to go against 5 teams while others only 3.

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