For true fans of baseball, you were horrified with Commissioner Bud Selig made this proposal to realign the leagues in 1997:
AL EAST
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia Phillies
Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals)
Toronto Blue Jays
AL CENTRAL
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Atlanta Braves
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Florida Marlins
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
NL MIDWEST
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
Minnesota Twins
Milwaukee Brewers
NL WEST
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Angels
San Francisco Giants
Oakland A's
Seattle Mariners
San Diego Padres
The horror. But obviously something has to be done to the 16/14 NL/AL alignment and the horribly unbalanced schedule. So here is my proposal, which is predicated on two new expansion teams in Charlotte, North Carolina and Portland, Oregon.
NL EAST
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
NL NORTH
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
NL SOUTHEAST
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Carolina Expansion
NL WEST
San Diego Padres
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Portland Expansion
AL EAST
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays
AL NORTH
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
AL SOUTHWEST
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
Colorado Rockies
Kansas City Royals
AL WEST
Arizona Diamondbacks
Oakland Athletics
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners
Your flames?
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