1.  A three-game sweep by the Mets could justify interleague ball, all by itself.

2.  For this year, at least, it justified the whole clumsy gimmick of interleague ball.

3.  He hears that Arizona will play Eastern teams in interleague ball next year, so maybe the Boston pilgrimage will happen.

4.  Interleague ball is a two-year experiment.

5.  Interleague ball was a major success this season, mainly because the owners arranged the most appetizing and obvious matches.

6.  Their defiant gaze tells me the players took interleague ball seriously.