Professional Baseball (MLB)

  The MLB which stands for Major League Baseball is the oldest professional sport league in
the USA. The MLB was officially founded in 1863 and currently is the highest available
baseball play in the world.

The MLB consists of 30 teams broken down into the American League and the National
League. From there, the leagues are broken down into 3 divisions each. They are called the
American league East division, American League Central division and the American League
West division. For the National League the are the National League East division, the
National League Central division and the National League West division. In all their is a
total of 6 divisions with 30 teams.

To find the American League teams and their respected division click here:

To find the National League teams and their respected division click here:


The MLB has a regular season that is made up of 162 games which started in 1962, that
generally spans from early April to the end of September. In 1914-1962 the regular season
was 154 games. The playoffs for the MLB take place in October and last about a month also.
The brackets for the playoffs look like this:

Playoffs

American League

Division Series       American League Championship                    World series

Team 1
Team 4
                Team 1
                Team 2                                   Team 1 vs. National League Winner
Team 2
Team 3

Each league has their brackets like the one above and the league champion from each league
meets up in the World Series. The playoffs are in a series of 5-7-7 which means that the
Division Series is the best - of - 5 and the League Championship and the World Series is the
best - of - 7 games.

Notable Games

  As every sport as, so does baseball. This game is the All-Star game. The All-Star game is an
annual event that takes place during mid-July. The game is referenced as the half-way point
in the MLB season but is actually a few games after the actual halfway point of the 162 game
season. The first official All-Star game took place on July 6th, 1933. This game was played in
Chicago at Comiskey Park. Also during the MLB All-Star break there is a home run derby
event. Go to this page to read more on the Home Run Derby.
The most prestiges game in the MLB is the World Series. The World Series has playoff
brackets that you can find above. Find more information about the World Series.

Official Major League Baseballs

  To view the requirements of an official game used
Major League Baseball go here:

Fantasy Baseball

  In today's world people have even developed a game called fantasy baseball which involves
the MLB and it's players. To find out more information about fantasy baseball go here:
http://www.ultra-fantasy-sports-league.com/

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