davewordnerd, 10 months ago

@serpicojam Since the DH is everywhere now, I have trouble thinking of #MLB as two discrete leagues anymore. It feels more like conferences, or something, of the same large league.

serpicojam, 10 months ago

@davewordnerd

Great point! I hadn’t thought of it that way before!

ouij, 10 months ago

@davewordnerd @serpicojam inter-league play is now essentially meaningless.

davewordnerd, 10 months ago

@ouij @serpicojam Exactly my feeling as well. With everybody playing by the same rules, there is no difference between the leagues.

ouij, 10 months ago

@davewordnerd @serpicojam it ceased to be meaningful long before the universal DH. Once the world series ceased to be a contest between the regular season winner of each league, the two leagues were just divisions or conferences of a single entity.

davewordnerd, 10 months ago

@ouij @serpicojam But isn’t inter-league play more recent than pre-WS playoff series?

serpicojam, 10 months ago

@davewordnerd @ouij

All smart points!

Yesterday was the first time I comprehended baseball like we do the NFL, the NBA, and the NHL . . . that's how deeply rooted my conception of AL vs NL — established when I was a kid in the 70s — actually was.

Yikes!

#GenX

Galley, 10 months ago

@serpicojam I liked interleague play best when it was called the World Series.

serpicojam, 10 months ago

@Galley

Ha!

Alas, we can't go back!

dekkzz76, 10 months ago

@serpicojam

it's baseball so that's OK , it's also the commish trying to increase the visibility/profile of the likes of trout & othani to a national audience

beisbolcards, 10 months ago

@serpicojam

I have no problem with it, except I always felt the Brewers should've been sent back to the AL during the last realignment.

serpicojam, 10 months ago

@beisbolcards

I feel the same way about the Astros in the AL!

Why does it feel like there more inter-league games this year? 🤔

beisbolcards, 10 months ago

@serpicojam
There are more this year, since all teams face each other - I hope that's not the norm.