[Magdalen] beisbol Q?

[Christopher Hart]

And they are both in the playoffs!

On Friday, October 9, 2015, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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:;>
> > > <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:;>
> > > <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.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Christopher Hart
> > >
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> > >
> >
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