"segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"

Honestly? I bet people would be fine without it. They might even prefer the series to go away. The novelty long has worn off, particularly playing six games a year like this. I remember that as a beat writer, it was my least favorite two series of the year, because of the ridiculous amount of media that was around. Just a circus for a couple of regular-season games.

 

I don't mind the three games with the Mets. It's the fact that they play six games that drives me crazy.

And, I don't think it would be a problem at all if they only played them every three years -- that is if you played every team in one division each year.

 

With no interleague play, inter-division play can be two home&home series. Do that every year and KC and Texas develop a rivalry. Now? Except for your divisional games, its a bland feeling.

get over the title. have a little fun. Have a Coke and a Smile and STFU

 

By interleague play?

 

The geographic rivalries are the only ones worthwhile, Mets-Yanks, Nats-O's, Dodgers-Angels, A's-Giants and a few others.

 

The thread title.

 

I'm not a fan of interleague play but it's a necessity of having two 15-team leagues, so it will survive at least until there's a two-team expansion.

 

in the event that someone should choose to take offense at the thread title, I deeply regret that

 

He got fired up from Tiger taking offense on the Sergio thread and had to let it out somehow.

 

When I saw the thread title, I assumed Mark was about to entertain us with one of his good ol boys rants.

 

MLB should follow the lead of the most popular sports league, the NFL, which rigidly keeps teams in separate conferences from playing one another. It definitely seems like that's a factor in its success.

Snide aside, I do feel like MLB gets a bunch of shit anytime it tries to change something because it has been around forever, whereas the NBA and NFL have had teams playing one another regardless of conference for years, and it hasn't seemed to hurt the prestige of the game or the interest in Super Bowls / Finals where the teams have already played one another. The type who is going to be offended about this is the type who is going to still watch the games anyway.

Oh, and yeah, this topic title is stupid. Who wrote it, Kellen Winslow Jr.?