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Several seasons ago, I actually added Portland and San Antonio as expansion teams in the AL and realigned both leagues into 4 divisions of 4. The idea of moving a team from the NL to the AL, such as Houston, never was something I wanted to do.
Here is the initial division structure I used:
AL East: Baltimore, Boston, NY Yankees, Toronto
AL North: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota
AL South: Kansas City, San Antonio Missions, Tampa Bay, Texas
AL West: LA Angels, Oakland, Portland Beavers, Seattle
NL East: NY Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington
NL North: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Milwaukee St. Louis
NL South: Atlanta, Colorado, Houston, Miami Marlins
NL West: Arizona, LA Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco
A season after having this alignment in place, I wanted to make a slight change because I thought the NL South covered to much space stretching from Denver to Miami. I wanted to move Colorado to the NL North, Cincinnati to the NL East, and Washington to the NL South. I didn't make this change because I had an independant 16-team league that I was planning on merging in to create a 48-team MLB with East and West Conferences.
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