The American League has dominated interleague play for so long it's almost become part of baseball's annual rite of summer. But in case you haven't been paying attention, that run of dominance will almost certainly end this year.
This is the 22nd year the American and National Leagues have played regular season games, reluctantly in some cases. It was easier to claim superiority if the only true test was the All-Star Game, which ceased being truly competitive about the time Ted Williams and Stan Musial retired.
From 1963-1982, the American League lost 19 of 20 mid-summer mismatches, generously described as "classics." It got so bad at one point that former American League president Lee MacPhail ordered pitchers not be used in preceding Sunday games if they had been selected to the All-Star team.
