Bill Giles proposed that "the teams of the corresponding divisions of the two leagues should play a series of three or four games, with home fields alternating each year", but still needed approval of the owners and the players' association (Lord, 137). Under the 1996 collective bargaining agreement, the players agreed to play Interleague in both the 1997 and 1998 seasons, but used those years as a trial period to decide whether Interleague play was something they would like to continue with in the future ( Lord, 137). .The case for interleague play was strong and backed by support from all different ends of the spectrum. Financially, players, owners, and the game would benefit from the increased revenue (Lord, 137). From an entertainment perspective, interleague play needed to be implemented. Fans wanted to see “fan favorite players” from both the National League and American League teams face off against each other on the same field (Lord, 137). Not only would the implementation of interleague play allow baseball to create new rivalries of interest, but it would also allow fans in all cities to see players from different parts of the nation (Lord, 138). Many doubts arose about how popular matches between teams from different leagues but from the same city would be. However, this excited the fans even more (Paul, 13 years old). The original goals and intentions for the Interleague game differed from the actual results, and many doubts were raised throughout the 1990s, but the Interleague game ended up being a success for baseball. The 1996 collective bargaining agreement was the beginning of baseball's strides toward Interleague play and was a seminal moment for baseball as the American League and National League had only and... half the paper... Raham . “Testing Market Efficiency in the Major League Baseball Over-Under Betting Market.” Journal of sport economics. 2002: Vol 3 no. 4. Online extract. April 12, 2014. http://jse.sagepub.com/content/3/4/311.full.pdfLord, J. (2014). Chapter 6: Expansion, Realignment, and Interleague Play: Bringing Baseball into the 1990s. Bill Giles and baseball. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.Paul, Rodney J., Andrew P. Weinbach, and Peter C. Melvin. “The Yankees Effect: The Impact of Interleague Play and the Unbalanced Schedule on Participation in Major League Baseball.” New York Economic Review. 2004: Volume 35 Page 3-15. Online extract. April 13, 2014. http://nysea.bizland.com/nysea/publications/nyer/2004/NYER_2004_p003.pdfMajor League Baseball. History of the Interleague. (2014, March 27). Online extract. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/interleague/index.jsp