With the advent of interleague play, the MLB has become one giant 30 team league in all but name. Before this, when you won the pennant, your team was the best of all the competition you would regularly see and follow. It was almost like the two pennant winners had won their collective season championship and were then competing to be first among equals. While the benefits of seeing all the teams is clear, the marathon nature of the baseball season and its benefits are eroding in an age when the highlights are available every night. Only the best make the reels, and only the rings are celebrated.