Thursday, February 14, 2013

In Houston, many longtime fans of the Astros still upset about the team's forced move to the AL ... and the use of the (gasp!) DH

For more than 90 years, baseball fans in Houston have had a team in or affiliated with the National League. So when Major League Baseball in 2011 decreed that new Astros owner Jim Crane move his team to the American League, most fans were furious at Crane, MLB and commissioner Bud Selig. They didn't want to play the Angels and A's, use the DH or break their rivalries with teams such as the Cardinals and Cubs. Now, with the Astros starting play this year in the AL, much of that ire has been replaced by resignation. My story for ESPN.com's Playbook section: http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/18182/astros-fans-still-bitter-over-nl-switch

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