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RED ALERT! – RED ALERT! – RED ALERT!

Anne Tucker of The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is also a big, big Houston Astros National League fan who has decided to take the bull by the horns for the rest of us similarly minded folk.

Rather than sit around worrying that Commissioner Bud Selig is going to twist new club-owner-in-waiting Jim Crane’s arm into moving the franchise to the American League West as a condition of his approval, Anne Tucker has started an organization that exists solely to make sure that this Selig-bargain never happens.

SaveOurStros.Org speaks for all of us who want to see our Astros remain a member of the National League, no matter who owns the operating rights to the franchise at any given moment in baseball time.

If you click on the link at the bottom of this page, you will see the letter that Anne has most respectfully written to Commissioner Selig to put forth our case for leaving our ‘Stros exactly where they are on the big league baseball map.

All I might have added to the letter was my own strong belief that the American League’s DH rule destroys the true spirit and integrity of the real game, but Anne was wise to leave that part out of the mix. After all, we are dealing with a man who is a strong proponent of things like the DH rule and using the All Star Game outcome determine home field advantage in the World Series. The less we say that sounds off-topic to those kinds of ears, the better.

What follows is Anne Tucker’s appeal to other Astros fans that feel as she does. If you agree with Anne, please sign the petition that is included as part of the package she will be sending to Bud Selig:

To all my baseball friends:

 I am passionately opposed to the Astros being pushed into the American League. I sent a letter to Bud Selig expressing my reasons against the move. Please go on the web-site below and sign the petition that we want to present to Mr. Selig soon. Also, please pass this on to your baseball friends.

 We think the deadline may be the middle of November so do this now. This will not put your email on any list and we are not soliciting money at this time. This is our first step. We are looking into bill boards in Houston if we can do it fast.

 Thanks for you help.

 Anne Tucker

 Click the following link to see Anne’s letter to Bud Selig and the petition that awaits your signature, if you agree with fans like Anne Tucker and yours truly. The Houston Astros are a National League, real baseball franchise with no room for side tracks into the carnival game that contains the (DH) designated hitter.

http://www.saveourstros.org