OK, so now it is official. My favorite teams (Texas & Houston) just became division mates as the Houston Astros will join the AL West in 2013.

My question is, what happens to the Silver Boot?

My question is, why stop there? Does anyone within MLB have the guts to really shake things up. Let’s radically realign the baseball landscape. Every team could use less travel. Every team could benefit from better TV ratings.

Here is my proposal:

National League

AL East

• BOS
• NYY
• NYM
• PHI
• TOR

AL Central

• CWS
• CLE
• DET
• PIT
• MIN

AL West

• ARI
• COL
• HOU
• KC
• TEX

National League

NL East

• ATL
• BAL
• MIA
• TB
• WSH

NL Central

• CHC
• CIN
• MIL
• STL

NL West

• LAA
• LAD
• OAK
• SD
• SEA
• SF

Yes, it is not perfect. It’s better than anything Bud Selig is willing to propose. If you are going to keep the six division structure, I’m not sure you can come up with a better plan. If you can, I’d love to see it. So what do you think?