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Baseball is a very common game in the United States. Unlike in Indonesia there is a field to play Baseball balls are quite a lot, In addition this sport is very popular in contrast to in Indonesia who used to play sports Football.

The World's Best Baseball League Major league Baseball

     Major League Baseball (in English Major League Baseball or MLB) is the highest-level professional baseball league in the United States. Currently MLB has 30 teams in the National League and the American League, each established in 1876 and 1901. The league championship faces in the World Series seven best games.

Initially, the two leagues were independent legal entities. In 2000, the two leagues were legally incorporated into the MLB. The MLB commissioner is the executive director of MLB.

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     There are a total of 30 teams in two leagues: 15 in the National League and 15 in the American League. Each consists of three divisions, grouped by geographical location and named East, Central and West.

The season usually runs from April to September. Each team plays 162 regular season games. This duration was founded in 1961. From 1898 to 1960, 154 matches were played. Initially, the game is played between the same league teams. In 1997, Major League leaders introduced the interleague game.

Determinants of Achievement In one season

     At the end of the regular season, the champions of three divisions in each league, with two best record teams among the rest (called wild cards or joker), qualify for postseason games.

The post season consists of four rounds:

     Wild Card The American League's Wild Card National League is two teams with the best record among those who do not win the division's face in a single match in which winners progress to the division series where they will play against the best winning percentage wins between the division champions.

The Division Division of the National League Series National League Series and four teams in the American League and the National League of wild cards or jokers face the best team winning percentage between the division champions, and the remaining two turn their rounds from the match again, the winner is the one who wins 3 matches in a series 5 games.

Championship Series and American League Championship National League Series, here the two winning teams from the faces of their respective division series, the first to win 4 games in a series of 7 games is the winner.

World Series, and in this case the top 2 teams from both leagues face, they play to win 4 out of 7 matches possible.

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