This season is only the 11th that the Astros and Rangers have shared a division. But their under-the-radar rivalry has been intense.
The and own baseball’s most intense under-the-radar rivalry. You’re not at fault if you weren’t thinking about the American League Championship Series in those terms. If you live outside Texas, it hasn’t been the most visible drama, because meaningful games between these teams are truly a recent invention. The intrigue also hasn’t been reinforced ad nauseam by national telecasts, a la Red Sox-Yankees.
“But in a lot of ways, whoever won, whoever lost, at the end of the games, there were hugs and like, ‘Go get ‘em, hope to see you in the World Series.’” Houston’s move out of the NL after the 2012 season, which commissioner Bud Selig and the owners wanted, was a controversial process, in no small part because Houston fans were attached to the senior circuit. But putting these two teams in head-to-head competition was one of the intended benefits.
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