Mike Schmidt: End Interleague Play

[SamuelKhan]

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Interleague play has run its cycle. Balancing the schedule and cleaning up travel are two challenges for baseball administrators.

Isn't something missing from the All-Star game and World Series? Think back to when they were played in an environment of charming uncertainty because the teams and players were from different leagues. What they knew of each other came from spring training games, television and scouting.

There's one way to fix Baseball It was far more successful when the World Series used to own the ratings in October. For me as a kid, that was the biggest sporting event in the world.