Detroit Tigers' Javier Báez, right, celebrates with Dillon Dingler (13) after hitting a two-run home run against the Tampa ...

The Boston Red Sox return to the field after the All-Star Break to start a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs on Friday, ...

Whether I like it or not, baseball has changed -- and if the Major League Baseball All-Star Game Tuesday night is any indication, it's for the better.

But the MLB All-Star Game, the best all-star game in all of sports, has been a victim of the league's shift toward uniformity ...

Interleague play has taken some lustre from the All-Star Game and even the World Series. But it’s now part of baseball’s fabric (Yankees-Dodgers was fun a week and a half ago).

This week’s slate of NPB games marks the start of the 20th edition of interleague play in Japan. Japanese baseball introduced interleague competition in 2005, giving fans a chance to see Central ...

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Too bad Interleague play wasn’t part of baseball 60 years ago | Jeff Schudel The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani celebrates after scoring on an RBI single by Freddie Freeman during the sixth inning May 26.

Interleague play began in 1997 with each team playing 16 games against opponents in the opposite league. This is the third year each team plays 46 interleague games.

The host Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics get one last chance to improve on impressive interleague records when they close out a three-game series Wednesday afternoon.