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The Game About MLB. Magic Publisher: Cannes. Major League Baseball (MLB).
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The Game About MLB Magic Publisher: Cannes
Major League Baseball (MLB) • 1.the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. 2.In all there are 30 teams in the two leagues: 16 in the older National League ("NL") and 14 in the American League ("AL").* the National League * the American League
National League • 1. EASTERN DIVISION2. CENTRAL DIVISION 3. WESTERN DIVISION
National League EASTERN DIVISION • Atlanta Braves • Florida Marlins • New York Mets • Philadelphia Phillies • Washington Nationals
National League CENTRAL DIVISION • Chicago Cubs • Cincinnati Reds • Houston Astros • Milwaukee Brewers • Pittsburgh Pirates • St. Louis Cardinals
National League WESTERN DIVISION • Arizona Diamondbacks • Colorado Rockies • Los Angeles Dodgers • San Diego Padres • San Francisco Giants
American League • 1. EASTERN DIVISION2. CENTRAL DIVISION 3. WESTERN DIVISION
American LeagueEASTERN DIVISION • Baltimore Orioles • Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • Tampa Bay Devil Rays • Toronto Blue Jays
American League CENTRAL DIVISION • Chicago White Sox • Cleveland Indians • Detroit Tigers • Kansas City Royals • Minnesota Twins
American League WESTERN DIVISION • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • Oakland Athletics • Seattle Mariners • Texas Rangers
Play Ball • Current Major LeaguesThe Major League season generally runs from early April through the end of September.Players and teams prepare for the season in spring training, primarily in Florida and Arizona, during February and March.
Each team's regular season consists of 162 games. a duration established in 1961. • Post-season- 1.When the regular season ends around October 1st, eight teams enter the post-season playoffs. 2.The first six teams are each league's three division champions. The remaining two "wild-card" spots are filled by each league's team that has the best regular season record and is not a division champion. 3.Three rounds of series of games are played to determine the champion:
American League Division Series and National League Division Series, each a best-of-five game series; • American League Championship Series and National League Championship Series, each a best-of-seven game series played between the surviving teams from the ALDS and NLDS; and • World Series, a best-of-seven game series played between the champions of each league. (The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships through the 2005 season. )
External links • 1.Official MLB website2.National Baseball Hall of Fame3.Baseball-Reference.com4.Baseball Prospectus5.Baseball Think Factory6.All-Baseball.com7.The Hardball Times8.Ballparks.com9.ESPN.com - Baseball Index10.InsideTheParks.com11.MLB Rankings12.wikipedia.org 2005 World Series Chicago White Sox
Q1. Do you know what baseball team is not in USA? • Q2. Can you tell me what baseball team had won the champion in 2005? • Q3.Do you know what baseball team have the most World Series titles? • Q4.How many Taiwanese in MLB? Where are they? • Q5.What team is Tiger Wang (王建民) join in?.
Q6.How many games are the team must to win in the World Series? • Q7.What team is near our school? What league is the team in? • Q8.What cities have two baseball teams? • Q9.What team do you like? What city do the team locate? • Q10.What player do you like? Why?