31.   The Long Beach StingRays will present the first area challenge between the two leagues.

32.   The main draw, however, is the chance for fans to see the best players from the other league.

33.   The leagues will continue to handle statistics as if the other league did not exist.

34.   The other leagues do not have those restrictions.

35.   The two leagues have kind of leveled out in popularity, attendance and TV ratings, but the whole thing is down.

36.   The two leagues and the two participating clubs get what remains.

37.   The two leagues begin their divisional playoff series with two distinctly different scenarios.

38.   The World Series is the only time when teams play games manned by umpires from the other league.

39.   This is what distinguishes us from baseball and some of the other leagues.

40.   This will be the first season in which teams from one league play teams from the other league.