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New York - Retired Major League Baseball Commissioner Alan "Bud" Selig admitted in a recent interview that his insistence on moving the Houston Astros from the National League to the American League was the "stupidest thing I have ever done", and he issued an apology to the Astros and their fans. "I actually lost the Astros in a poker game bet with Bud Adams." (Bud Adams is the former owner of the Houston Oilers NFL football team and possibly the most hated man in Houston.) "I thought I had a good hand, but he beat me and I had no choice but to force the Astros to change leagues", Selig continued.
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"I have messed up everything. The Astros have lost all of their fans. Their television network is a joke and virtually non-existent. With fifteen teams now in each league, at least one inter-league game is required to be played every day of the season. Inter-league games are ridiculous. This whole thing is a disaster and I wish I could go back to the way things were. I am so sorry. If I only had not made that stupid bet, the Astros would still be in the National League where they belong."
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