Others thought differently. Announcers and critics all over disputed whether or not letting the American and National leagues play each other during the regular season was a good change. Simply stated, interleague play is a new concept for major league baseball in which the National League and American leagues play each other in regular season games. Owners felt that interleague play would help bring more excitement to the game and hoped it would bring in more attendance. They thought the fans would appreciate rare match-ups that could not previously occur such as the Chicago White Sox vs. the Chicago Cubs , the New York Yankees vs. the New York Mets and the Okland Athletics vs. the San Fransisco Giants .
Many people see many things wrong with interleague play.
Some people simply feel that this break of tradition is too much. These people feel that baseball should stay as it is, that fundamental changes in baseball are what is bringing the sport down. Another argument against interleague play is that it puts less emphasis on the World Series. As he says this, tens of thousands of fans pour into a stadium in which a seven game series of excitement and thrills is about to take place. The feeling baseball fans and fanatics all over get when the World Series rolls around is a special one and many question whether this feeling will still be special, whether the World Series itself will remain special after the teams playing in it have already played each other in a regular season game.