That's ridiculous

"To say whoever plays the softest interleague schedule wins our division is a big deal."

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland with cheap fashion wholesale, who is on Commissioner Bud Selig's committee for on-field matters, has voiced strong arguments against interleague play in recent weeks. The division rival Chicago White Sox play their city rival Cubs six times, but don't play the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants. The Tigers and Indians have three games apiece against the Giants and none against the struggling Cubs. Worse, says Leyland, is that they have six consecutive interleague games on the road where they can't use their DH — a key factor this year after the signing of Victor Martinez.

"That's ridiculous, totally ridiculous," Leyland says, "and they ought to look into it. … This was something that was clearly a brilliant idea to start with, but I think it has run its course. It's not really doing what it was supposed to."

Says Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez: "It was fun for a while for best wholesale handbags, but it's worn off. I just don't know how fair it is, not with the wild card. Look at (the) Florida (Marlins). They play (the) Tampa Bay (Rays) six times. Five years ago, everybody wanted to play Tampa. Who wants to play Tampa now? We don't play them at all."

Interleague play began in 1997, but there are 12 franchises that haven't played host to a particular team, including the New York Yankees, who haven't hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers since the 1981 World Series.

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