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Article: Rockies-Blue Jays: unnatural rivals.(Sports)(Column)

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May 20, 2006
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Byline: Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News

The relevance of interleague baseball to the Rockies is much the same as bathing is to a warthog, possibly interesting to watch but unnatural and of no benefit.

The Rockies have the distinction of being the next-to-worst National League team at it, with only the Pirates being poorer, but then the Rockies have had similar success against the usual rivals.

The Rockies' regular record and the interleague record are about as close as the fingers of a fielder's glove.

The same thing is true of attendance, which is the motor that drives this clunker of an idea. Interleague games average a couple ...

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