Howie Rose on Interleague Play
Howie Rose has an article on MSG’s website where he discusses, among other thing, interleague play. Howie says the following:
I think interleague play is the biggest waste of time that baseball has ever come up with. It’s great for the six days that we see the Mets play the Yankees. But the games against the Twins, Royals, Indians and Tigers are nothing more than annoying intrusions into the rigors into the National League schedule.
They are meaningless. They are dispassionate. They are largely dismissed by fans as exhibitions, and despite what a lot of those people who continue to be intrigued by this generation’s three-division, Wild Card-infested interleague era insist, I still think it is a colossal waste of time.
As a more traditional fan I agree with Howie. It is a waste of time. It’s also unfair as far as standings go since teams in the same division do not play all of the same opponents. As exciting as it may be to watch regular season games between the Mets and Yankees you must remember that at the same time the Marlins will play against the Devil Rays in a similar ‘geographical rivalry’. That’s hardly a fair and balanced way to set up the schedule as far as fair competition goes. Fair would be that if the Mets have to play the Yankees so does every other team in the NL East.
As far as I’m concerned interleague play is about nothing more than money. Yet another reason for congress to remove the MLB’s antitrust exemption.
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