[Magdalen] beisbol Q?

[Eleanor Braun]

Yes, the Texas Rangers are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area; the Houston
Astros are in the...Houston area.  Two biggest metro areas in Texas.

Eleanor

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, now I'm really confused. What happened to the other Texas baseball
> team? Wasn't there one called the Texas Rangers?
>
> On Friday, October 9, 2015, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It was done when MLB decided to finally balance the two leagues at 15
> teams
> > each, 3 divisions of 5 in each league. One NL team had to move to the AL
> > and Houston got picked because the NL Central had 6 teams and the AL West
> > only had 4 and a team in Texas would fit into the western division.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It was a shock to me when they played (and beat!) the Yankees in the
> wild
> > > card game.  From the L.O.N.G wikipedia article, they switched to the AL
> > in
> > > 2013.
> > >
> > > Eleanor
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have been out of the loop for soooo long, ever since I left
> Tennessee
> > > and
> > > > went on the road and TBS was no longer broadcasting Braves games.
> Will
> > > > someone please tell me when the Houston Astros became an AL team and
> > > > why????? This is crazy! They were always a NL team and Braves rival
> to
> > > the
> > > > best of my recollection.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
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> >
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> >
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