Interleague is a concept devised in the 20 th century to pit the best players from one football league against others in the state to determine the top competition that rules them all.

There is no support group for the afflicted. Though Major League Baseball contends that interleague play is popular and backs it up with compelling attendance figures, the advocates get drowned ...

When interleague play was introduced in 1997, it was a cool idea. It had its critics, to be sure, but a lot of people saw it as a fun, little novelty that was, at the very least, something new ...

There were always two prime arguments in favor of interleague play: that it allows yearly regional match-ups (Yankees-Mets, Dodgers-Angels, etc.), and that it's generally just a fun thing.

When interleague play began in 1997, the only interaction between the two leagues since the creation of the American League in 1901 had been the World Series (created in 1903), the All-Star Game ...

There is no support group for the afflicted. Though Major League Baseball contends that interleague play is popular and backs it up with compelling attendance figures, the advocates get drowned ...

Three interleague matches will be played under different formats this weekend as representative football fights for survival ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It's April 12, and the Minnesota Twins are playing the New York Mets. Something about that just doesn't seem right — aside from the snow that fell prior to Friday's game. Just 10 ...

Interleague play is now so ingrained in the baseball landscape, you couldn't uproot it with an earthquake. Jayson Stark is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Click here to send Jayson a question for ...

BASEBALL'S POWERS-THAT-BE did the right thing by returning to an unbalanced schedule this season. Now, they need to finish the job by eliminating interleague play. Before you dismiss this as the ...

Ever since baseball commissioner Bud Selig implemented interleague play for the 1997 season, purists have complained the World Series hasn't been the same. Astros manager Phil Garner is one of ...

In 2004, interleague play raised attendance by about 10%.” Now, on one level this is accurate; interleague games had an average attendance of 32,914, while the intraleague games averaged just 30,112, ...