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The Lotte Marines roughed up Trevor Bauer on their way to a wild 10-9 interleague victory over the DeNA BayStars on Sunday. Lotte jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning that featured a three-run ...
When interleague play was introduced in 1997, it was a cool idea. It had its critics, to be sure, but a lot of people saw it as a fun, little novelty that was, at the very least, something new.
I’ve seen a few complaints about interleague play, and I can’t for the life of me understand it. Many fans seem to enjoy the added dimension of play, but there are still those few doubters.
When interleague play began in 1997, the only interaction between the two leagues since the creation of the American League in 1901 had been the World Series (created in 1903), the All-Star Game ...
For almost a century, the only way an American League team could play a National League team was in the World Series. Until ...
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the advent of interleague play in Major League Baseball. You probably won't see much attention paid to this milestone for MLB, and that's because the ...
Interleague play, like many of the changes made on Bud Selig's watch, is defined by the unintended consequences left in its wake -- in this case, serious damage to the structural and competitive ...
Believe it or not, this is only Year No. 8 in the glorious history of interleague play. So how come it's already so hard to remember life before interleague play? Yes, it was only 1997 when this ...
Now for the killjoy news. If Hamels-Jeter comes off, it will be a sequel. The first weekend of interleague play concludes Sunday with a featured game of Philadelphia at the Yankees. Hamels is ...
CHICAGO (WSCR) Tonight we start what is now the annual ritual of baseball known as interleague play. At this point the feeling about these games is roughly the same as going to the annual family ...
There is no support group for the afflicted. Though Major League Baseball contends that interleague play is popular and backs it up with compelling attendance figures, the advocates get drowned ...