MLB Insider: Cardinals, Royals headed for historic meeting - STLtoday.com
But whether the National League finally can loosen the stranglehold this year, the Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals could have a historic interleague meeting next Friday in Kansas City. Never in the previous 18 years of interleague play have both teams been in first place on the same day in any of the previous 80 games they have played each other (the Cardinals have a 46-34 interleague edge). The Cardinals, of course, had enough to be concerned about this weekend with the Tigers, who have won four division titles in a row, but both the Cardinals and Kansas City entered the weekend in first place in the various Central Divisions. The closest the two clubs were to first place when they met came in June 2003 when the Cardinals entered an interleague series against the Royals one game out of first place in the National League Central and the Royals two games out in second in... For the first time on the same stand, they will be entertaining a first-place New York Yankees team (this weekend) and a first-place Cardinals team. Given the Royals’ remarkable run to the World Series last year and their fast start this year, the thousands of Cardinals fans who normally make the trek to Kansas City will find a bit more competition for the plum tickets with an emerging Royals... Source: www.stltoday.com
