ALCS Game 1: Shame and secession

If you Google "Texas shame"--which I did in search of ammunition against the Astros for this post--you get appoximately 74,600,000 results. The first page is heavy with editorials against newly adopted state policies or party positions, with headlines like "Shame on Texas," "Shame on you, Texas," and "Deep in the Shame of Texas."

Google "New York shame" and you get about 101,000,000 results, but the early ones are mostly videos of Carey Mulligan singing "New York, New York" in the 2011 film Shame. 

Now I ain't here to talk no politics, but that "Deep in the Shame of Texas" one caught my eye. It concerns the 2022 platform of the Texas branch of a major political party--I ain't tellin' which one, 'cause like my daddy always said, "I ain't here to talk no politics." The plank that grabbed me was:

“Texas retains the right to secede from the United States and the Texas legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum. The possibility of secession should be put up for a vote in the 2022 general election.”

Which got me thinking. The Houston Astros are Texans, right? Well, maybe some of them think along the same line as the Texas braanch of that major political party. So what, if anything, could the Yankees do in tonight's Game One to motivate the Astros to secede from the American League?

And if there's something, isn't it worth doing without delay? 

[Added to the ALCS roster: Peraza, Montas, Weissert. Subtracted: Gonzalez, Hicks, Luetge.]