2007 Major League Baseball

The MLB is governed by the Major League Baseball Constitution, which originated in 1876. The agreement has gone through man changes, with the most recent revisions made in 2005, which among other things, allows MLB to hire and maintain the sport’s umpiring crews.

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There are 30 MLB teams, 29 from the United States and one from Canada. There are 16 teams in the National League and 14 in the American League. Both leagues divide the teams into three divisions.

Teams in the National League (NL) and the divisions they are in are: East – Atlanta Braves, Florida (Miami) Marlins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals: Central – Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals: West – Arizona (Phoenix) Diamondbacks, Colorado (Denver) Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants.

Making up the American League (AL) are: East – Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Toronto (Canada) Blue Jays: Central – Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins: West – Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.

MLB’s regular season is from late March or early April to late September or early October. Three rounds of playoffs in both leagues follow the regular season. The playoff winners from each league meet in a best of seven games World Series to determine the overall MLB champion.

Players and teams prepare for the regular season in spring training that is held during February and March in Florida and Arizona.

Each team plays 162 games during the regular season. Most of the games are played against teams within their league. The schedule favors intra-divisional play. Inter-league play was introduced in 1997.

NL’s St. Louis Cardinals defeated AL’s Detroit Tigers, four games to one, to win the 2006 World Series.

Recent World Series championships are: Chicago White Sox, 2005; Boston Red Sox, 2004; Florida Marlins, 2003; Anaheim Angels, 2002; Arizona Diamondbacks, 2001; and New York Yankees, 2000, 1999 and 1998.

New York Yankees have the most World Series appearances, 39, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, 18.

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