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They won't win much, but they'll probably look good in new uniforms.And though it probably does little to salve the angst in the front office's executive suite, the Houston Astros could scarcely get much worse than they've been the last two seasons.A 56-win nightmare in 2011 was followed by just 55 wins last season, hardly the sort of farewell the 51-year-old franchise had in mind before leaving the National League's Central Division for new surroundings in the American League's West.Problem is, it's not as if a change of scenery is a historic cure-all.The last time a team swapped leagues and divisions was back in 1998, when the Milwaukee Brewers left the AL Central for its similarly named NL counterpart - and went from third in the former to fifth in the latter while winning 78 and 74 games, respectively.Few expect the Astros to even approach those numbers in AL year one, but, for his sake, Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow at least expects stability under new manager Bo Porter."Peo...

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