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john/z28jdThey wouldnt put 15 teams in each league for 2 reasons.They would either have 1 team off everyday and 7 games per league or have to play interleague games the whole season.They wont do that because they want the interleague games all going on at once to create more of an excitment around them.Its always fun seeing some of the matchups,of course there are some that dont excite but games like angels/dodgers giants/a's mets/yankees indians/reds devil rays/marlins royals/cardinals cubs/white sox let natural geographic rivals all play at once.I assume that the new Washington frnachise will be playing the Orioles during those games,probably 6 times,3 at each park.
Washington mustve put together the best deal and the difference in the population from back then till now is huge so they will have a bigger fan base to choose from.Its the 7th largest market right now so im sure that fact,and a new stadium should keep them from going anywhere for awhile