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It has been reported this week that Major League Baseball is considering scrapping the home-and-home interleague series that currently take place between those teams that are considered natural rivals.
It’s about time.
Ever since the inception of interleague play in 1997, and the ensuing format a few years later of having certain teams in the opposing leagues play each other up to six games per year, the schedule has been unfair and watered down. While some scheduling changes of the last decade have been decidedly good for the sport – such as the unbalanced schedule with teams playing more games within their division – the extra three games that certain teams have to play with squads from the other leagues have a deleterious effect on the rhythm of a...
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