On 20 Dec 96, Mark Wohlers K'd Paige Miller for saying:
 TM>> Declining attendance and TV ratings, especially for regular season
 TM>> games? 
 PM> 
 PM> I thought regular season average attendance and ratings were up in
 PM> 1996 following the strike season. Nevertheless, I find this a logical
 PM> non-sequitur -- I don't see interleague play as a fix for this. If
 PM> there are fans who won't go see (or watch on TV) a Dodgers-Giants game,
 PM> is it really likely that the same fan is going to turn on or attend a
 PM> Dodgers-Angels game? I'm not convinced.
We shall see.  I believe interleague play will increase interest in the 
regular season, and obviously, so does MLB and Fox.  And personally speaking, 
I'd be much more likely to tune into a Dodgers-Angels game than a 
Dodgers-Giants game.  The former is a once-every-three-years deal, and the 
latter happens many times a year.  Plus, there is the difference in rules 
that makes the games a little more unique, though frankly, I wish there was 
no such thing as the DH.
... (^:b Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Avery, Neagle d:^)
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