re: Why are the Astros so awful?

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this is the gospel no matter a handful of naive sunshine pumpers think. also, DON'T FORGET THE EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS they pocketed to move to the AL. bud selig moved HIS team to the NL and then pushed for (NOT required as these naive folks think) and coerced the astros to replace them in the AL. frick 'em.

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I thought they shaved $80M off the purchase price. I guess you could consider "pocketing" $80M, but that makes it seem like the MLB paid the Astros to move leagues. In any case, it needed to be done. The NL Central was too big and the AL West was too small.