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There shouldn't be any interleague games but to have them in September is very wrong.

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Sep 18 '15, 06:04

Teams are fighting to make the playoffs and now they have to play in the other league with other rules and have to adjust their lineup in ways they wouldn't in their league.

MLB needs to settle this crap once and for all and have uniform rules in both the AL and NL. This is just ridiculous.
It's not just about my Yankees but as an example, we have to bench Arod for the Mets series where if it was a regular AL game he'd be the DH. That there are different rules makes me apoplectic. How is this fair to either team? I despise this part of baseball and they need fix it asap.

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To get rid of Sept Interleague, they need to add 2 teams, drop 2 teams or go back to unbalanced leagues - amoxy Sep 18, 06:19 1
- I love baseball more than any other sport but things like this are pushing me away. - Krusty Sep 18, 06:23
With 15 in each league they have to have them every day. -- nm - iSpam Sep 18, 06:08 16
- They shouldn't have them at all but if they must they need to get them out of the way before Sept. -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 06:10 15
  - it can't be helped with the current league alignment. - znufrii Sep 18, 06:10 14
    - It can be helped by scheduling the games in the other months. There was plenty of time between April and August to schedule those ridiculous games. - Krusty Sep 18, 06:12 13
      - If you have 15 teams in a league, 1 team would be off (in each league) if you don't do interleague. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 18, 06:16
      - you're not getting my point... - znufrii Sep 18, 06:14 10
        
        So you're saying that there's no way to schedule the games so these are done before Sept. No way? None? - Krusty Sep 18, 06:17 9
        
        short of expanding or realigning the leagues so they have an even number of teams like they used to, not really, no. -- nm - znufrii Sep 18, 06:18
        
        If we can take pictures of Pluto, we can figure out how to not play interleague games in September. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 06:18 1
        
        Thank you! -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 06:18
        
        not without having teams sit for 3 days. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 06:18 5
        
        So do that. Whatever it takes to makes this not happen again. I'd prefer it go away completely but that won't happen apparently. - Krusty Sep 18, 06:22 4
        
        that's "kill the patient to save it", IMO. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 06:27 1
        
        I don't see it that way, obviously. The game is broken and needs to be fixed. -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 06:29
        
        You care more than I do. - Strongbad Sep 18, 06:22 1
        
        That's fine though I'd prefer the opposite. I'll take it just to get the leagues playing by the same rules. No other sport does anything like this - Krusty Sep 18, 06:25
      - but odd number of teams = someone has to be off unless you have interleague. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 06:13
I'm not a fan of interleague, but the month doesn't make a difference - Reagen Sep 18, 06:07 4
- Statistically speaking, yes. But you and I both know these games are the ones that are stressful and most important in the final push for - Krusty Sep 18, 06:09 3
  - I don't really agree. For example: If Toronto hadn't had a shitty April-May, they'd already have clinched. - Reagen Sep 18, 06:12 2
    - Sure but they didn't and most teams don't clinch in early Sept. This month has always been the most important. Teams have expanded their rosters for - Krusty Sep 18, 06:15 1
      - I just fail to see the difference other than superstition. - Reagen Sep 18, 06:17
I agree, feel the same about April. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 06:05 1
- I want it gone until the rules are the same. I just don't understand how the owners are okay with leaving it this way forever. - Krusty Sep 18, 06:07

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There shouldn't be any interleague games but to have them in September is very wrong.

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