Interleague Stupidity

[marmar]

I like the idea of interleague play, but come oooon.....who picked these matchups? No geographic proximity, no great history between the teams etc.....



Cincinnati Reds at Toronto Blue Jays (June 23-25)
Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago White Sox (June 23-25)
Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals (June 16-18)
Tampa Bay Rays at Colorado Rockies (June 16-18)
Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers (May 22-24)

[madinmaryland]

1. Interleague play has jumped the shark.

[joeybee12]

2. I can't recall it starting in May before...

...is it getting earlier each year?

[Captain Hilts]

3. I wish the Mets were in the Am. League East. nt

[LSdemocrat]

4. Interleague play really should be dropped entirely

A few teams having regionally relevant rivalries and/or World Series rematches does not justify adding dozens of games that force teams to play competitively unbalanced schedules and play games that don't use league rules to affect league standings.

[MaineDem]

5. I think it's stupid.

But I'm a baseball traditionalist.

[cboy4]

7. Baseball traditionalist!!11!

:rofl:

You mean (Red Sox) apologist.

All you do is whine and complain about the Yankees.

"Boo hoo .. the Yankees cheat, the Yankees ________________________ (fill in the blank).

[MaineDem]

8. I think you must have me confused with someone else.

"All you do is whine and complain about the Yankees." That is not true.

I have too many years invested in baseball. It does no good to bitch about something I can't control. I enjoy baseball whether "my team" wins or loses. I prefer winning, of course. But I don't cry if we lose. God, I've been through many more bad seasons than good ones.

[cboy4]

9. You're right and I apologize......I thought I was responding to

Joeybee.

Sorry for my irresponsible lashing out. :blush:

[Capt. America]

6. I believe they have some "fixed" interleague games (e.g. Reds-Indians, Sox-Cubs)

but I believe they rotate divisions by the year.

[Forkboy]

10. It doesn't do anything for me.

I'd rather see the Sox play the Yankees or Angels every weekend than any NL team. It's a novelty thing to see them play the Mets or whoever, but there's no intensity at all for the most part. It get's a big MEH from me.

Though to be fair to baseball, as long as the Stanley Cup finals are in progress every sport feels pretty bland to me.