Alex, PLEASE stop crying about interleague play. "Whaaaa! I feel cheated, like when the Sheriff let Paris go home, like when my Mom had her sister stand-in for her as my prom date. Whaaaa, I want my Mom!"

There is nothing bad about seeing the Angels beat the crap out of the Dodgers a couple of times a year. We get to see classic matchups like Yankees/Mets, A's/Giants and Reds/Indians. There are a few teams with no natural, geographical rivals, but they need to play somebody too, so off to Montreal you go.

Just because you and your trailer are in an area where you get stuck with Colorado/Baltimore doesn't make interleague play a bad thing. It just makes you aware of who you really are. So, yes, I guess that IS a bad thing.

Happy Trailering...

I agree. Even worse is the "forced" rivalries where none exist, i.e. SF Giants vs. Oakland A's. A lot of Bay Area fans support both teams, so its a lose-lose proposition when the teams meet.

"The only reason why there isn't more of an uproar about it is because fans have been knocked unconscious by all the excitement. "

So the games are really really exciting? And that's bad? The excitement is distracting us from how dull it is? I'm confused. It's not unreasonable to take the traditionalist viewpoint against interleague play, but a coherent argument would go a long way. I somehow do not feel cheated. *shrugs*

Interleague play is great. The chance to see teams you never could before; new regional rivalries; the idea of 'seeing how the other half lives'... it's fun. Quit living in the past - it ain't coming back.

I love interleage! I love seeing baseball players I never get to see. I am sick of watching my Reds play a million games a year against the Cardinals, Brewers, Pirates, Astros, and Cubs. I want to see them play the Indians, Angels, Yankess, and even the Devil Rays or Royals. The Reds still play too many division games. I think Interleague should be explaned to play a 3 game series against every team of the other leage.

You say fans are "knocked unconscious" by the excitement! Isn't that what we want in sports...excitement???
Are you wanting less excitement???

I'm in my 40s and have been to a lot of baseball games. The most exciting by far was one of the first interleague games between the Yankees and Mets. The fans' screaming - alternating between "Let's Go Yankees!" and "Let's Go Mets!" - was loud enough to make my ears ring. I have never, ever seen a baseball stadium shake as hard as Shea did that magical night, not even during the World Series. As a native Californian, I was stunned at the passion in the stands, and on the field, that night.

Of course, I'm told heroin is pretty good stuff your first time, too. But pretty soon, it just makes you sick. Interleague ball is like that. It's like kissing your sister at the prom - you might get a thrill from it at first, but pretty soon you realize it's not going anywhere. Never once have I seen another interleague game even half as exciting as that first time.

Baseball is like pizza - when it's good, it's great, and when it's bad, it's still pretty good. But as long as we have divisional play, I'd much rather watch intra-league games, where both teams are competing for the same playoff spots; they are simply more significant.

I feel as if you're readers don't appreciate your acute sense of sarcasm

I'm sick of people jumping back on the Yankee bandwagon due to their 9 game win streak. Look at the teams they have beaten: White sox, pirats and D-backs. one is a sinking ship and the other two aren't even average teams. I'll be satisfied with people saying the Yankee's have straightened it out once they beat some quality teams back to back

I love how everyone is crying whaaaaaaa whaaaa that the Yanks are hot but its bc they've played crappy teams whaaaa whaaa. I guess the Mets suck too whaaa whaaaa!!! Dont worry im pretty sure theyll be bulldozing through your team soon, be patient