You have no doubt heard about the proposal for realignment in Major League Baseball. According to media reports, the MLB wants to switch one National League team to the American League in order to make two 15-team leagues and end the current unbalanced setup of 16 NL teams and 14 in the AL, as early as 2012.
Problems to be tackled would include how to schedule interleague play and which National League team would cross over to the American side. Most news reports and rumors suggest the Houston Astros or Florida Marlins would likely be asked to make the jump.
There is also supposedly a proposal for the leagues do away with divisions and wild cards, with the top three finishers in each league qualifying for the post-season playoffs, joined by the winner of a preliminary playoff game or series between the fourth- and fifth-place teams.