Baseball Considering Realignment?

The latest baseball chatter has discussed the possibility of realignment.  Currently, the leagues are unbalanced, as the National League has 16 teams, and the American League has 14.  The biggest argument for realignment, is that the AL West only has four teams, while the NL Central has six.  Obviously, it appears that a team from the National League would slide over to the American League, and a few proposals have been brought up.

The easiest proposition is moving the Arizona Diamondbacks to the AL West, and moving the Houston Astros to the NL West.   The Houston Astros have also been mentioned as a team to move to the AL West, although outgoing owner Drayton McLane says that the team will not switch leagues.  The question that begs to be answered is, should MLB realign the divisions?

I believe that a little realignment is a good thing.  Major League Baseball is the only major sport that has an uneven number of teams in their conferences.  Obviously moving Arizona or Houston would alleviate that dilemma, although it would construct a few more problems.

When Major League Baseball added the Tampa Bay Devil Rays(now Rays) and the Arizona Diamondbacks to begin play in the 1998 season, the Milwaukee Brewers were shifted to the National League, partly because Bud Selig wanted to avoid having Interleague Play year-round.  An uneven number of teams in each league would make year-round Interleague play an inevitability. 

The MLB front office has also discussed eliminating divisions altogether, and the best five teams from each league advance to the playoffs.  I hate this idea.  It would eliminate the excitement of the pennant chase, and teams could no longer win divisions.  Will teams hoist flags after they finish 5th in the AL?  It makes the regular season even more meaningless.

Another radical idea is radical realignment.  One proposal is a "California" division, in which San Diego, the Dodgers, Angels, Oakland and San Francisco all form one division.  Not a bad idea, but it is a little too weird for me.  Besides, I do not think the Angels would be crazy about switching leagues either.

The easiest proposal is moving Houston to the AL.  They can play in the same division as the Rangers, and form an intrastate rivalry.  Arizona moving would make sense as well. The chances of realignment are about "50/50" according to the commissioners office.  My only request to keep divisions.  This is baseball, not freaking soccer.