I still don't understand why the Brewers just didn't go back to the AL instead of the Astros.
The Brewers wanted to stay because of all of those guaranteed home sellouts with the Cubs and Cards. No team really wants to switch leagues though. But The Rangers wanted a team in its own time zone and they had Houston over a barrel because they mad it a condition of the sale to Jim Crane, who desperately wanted to own a baseball team.