Interleague play

[The Brain]

Originally posted by Topper Harley

Originally posted by The Brain

Treat it like the NFL: one season (hell, I think it was as recent as last year), the Dallas Cowboys (NFC) played the Giants (NFC), then played the Jets (AFC) the following week. It made sense logistically because it's easy on the team's schedule. Less worry about fatigue, travel delays, etc.

do you really think that they will stay on the east coast the entire week? I'd rather fly home so I can sleep in my own bed.

You're absolutely right-- especially since (after hunting down the Cowboys' <a href=http://www.nbc5i.com/nfl066/2091120/detail.html target=new>2003 schedule</a>) they had the benefit of a bye week in between the Giants and Jets games. Yet something tells me that had the games been back-to-back, Parcells would be more inclined to stay in the NYC area, and use the Giants' or Jets' practice facility to prepare for the second game, in lieu of flying back to Dallas, then coming back again on Thursday or Friday.

But baseball being more of an everyday sport, these teams wouldn't have that luxury. So it would be better for them to complete a west coast swing where they faced both AL and NL opponents, then to make a second shorter trip later in the season. Particularly when that trip breaks into the far more important divisional matchups.