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Interleague play is an abomination on the game and should be abolished whenever the game decides to expand to 32 teams. Ok, that’s off my chest. The Phillies have been playing interleague games ...
The loss dropped the Cubs six games out of the last National League wild-card spot with just 11 games to play. It was a rare interleague defeat for Chicago, which has gone 27-18 against American ...
This is the 15th anniversary of interleague play's premiere season, and it's the last year of the "traditional" format of scheduling most games in June. Next season, with 15 teams in each league ...
The Cubs and White Sox squared off in the 1906 World Series, but the Crosstown Classic was really a product of interleague play almost a century later. OK, so Chicago’s clash doesn’t lack spice.
A team will play 13 games against each division rival for a total of 52 and six or seven against each other club in its league for a total of 64. The remaining 46 games are against interleague ...
Under Major League Baseball’s new balanced schedule, the Milwaukee Brewers will now play the other 29 MLB teams annually with home sites in Interleague play alternating every other year.The ...
A team will play 13 games against each division rival for a total of 52 and six or seven against each other club in its league for a total of 64. The remaining 46 games are against interleague ...
Whereas leagues like the NBA and NHL make everyone play home-and-away, interleague play has made contests between AL and NL sides rare. There's a reason Mike Trout has only played against the ...
Interleague play in Major League Baseball long ago lost its shine of novelty, evolving from a specific portion of the season to a yearlong reality thanks to realignment, not to mention the ...
With the adoption of the designated hitter in both leagues this year, and with the expansion of interleague play next year, Major League Baseball is giving their consumers what the league believes ...
Assuming MLB eventually expands, the following is an argument for radical realignment and the end of interleague play. Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images Sport / Getty I had two goals in proposing ...