The game of baseball has always been somewhat predictable. Spring training games in March and April, the bulk of the season in the leisurely days of summer followed by the pennant races, or the collapse of your favorite team, in the late summer and early fall. Nine innings. Twenty-seven outs. Three strikes, four balls. The only thing off-kilter would be the dimensions of each teams’ ballparks. Whereas football and basketball have strict field and court size dimensions, baseball is gleefully all over the map. That’s one thing I love about baseball parks. Each one is different.
In years past, the American League always played other American League teams in the regular season.