18

That's the number of interleague games there are for each team this season. Three home series; three away. Really? Do we really need that many? I'll admit, I actually like interleague play. Does it water down the standings? Yes, but it's fun. In Detroit, we play St. Louis most years- a rematch of several World Series. In cities with two teams, they play each other and everyone has a lot of fun. But it's not fun enough to take a month out of the regular season. Here's what I think they should do. It may sound crazy; I'm sure that my limited expertise makes it impossible for me to understand why this just can't happen, but I think they should cut it down to 6 games. One home and one away series for each team. What to do with the exta 12 games? Throw them out. Cut the regular season to 150 games.

I know, I know.

Believe me, I don't want to see this ridiculously long seeming offseason any longer, but cutting the regular season by two weeks would make up for the fact that the postseason is three weeks long. Back in the old days, the postseason was a week long. The season was over in the first week of October. This coming season will go until November. Not only is it FREEZING by then, but it's in the throes of a football season that these days is 7 days a week, if you count College and the NFL. Wonder why the ratings of the World Series keep getting lower? Well, besides the ridiculously late start times.

I know this might be a crazy pipe dream like the making the All-Star Game just for fun again and basing the Wolrd Series home field advantage on the regular season record, but I think it would work out quite well. Of course, given that the current format is making Bud Selig 18.5 million dollars a year, I doubt we'll see any changes any time soon.