Baseball and MLB - Q&A

Let's talk about one of North America's most popular sports: baseball and its major league: MLB.      

With many high-level games and playoffs, you will be very interested in following baseball and this league in particular. We'll help you with that right now.   

When was the MLB created?  

Major League Baseball, better known by its acronym MLB, was founded in 1876.  

It was not the first baseball league since a baseball league was created five years earlier, in 1871. However, it was the first league to be considered Major League.   

What is the MLB?  

MLB is the premier Major League Baseball league in North America. The league's teams are based in the United States and Canada and are followed by millions of fans across the globe, from the American continent to Europe and Japan.  

 The MLB contains a total of 30 franchises separated into two leagues:   

-American League  

-National League  

They are then divided into three different geographical areas:  

-East  

-Central  

-West   

 
What are the Canadian MLB teams?

To date, there is only one Canadian franchise in Major League Baseball:  Toronto Blue Jays.

What are the American MLB teams?   

Here are the American teams currently in MLB:   

-Baltimore Orioles  

-Boston Red Sox  

-New York Yankees  

-Tampa Bay Rays  

-Chicago White Sox  

-Cleveland Indians  

-Detroit Tigers  

-Kansas City Royals  

-Minnesota Twins   

-Anaheim Angels  

-Houston Astros  

-Oakland Athletics  

-Seattle Mariners  

-Texas Rangers  

-Atlanta Braves  

-Miami Marlins  

-New York Mets  

-Philadelphia Phillies  

-Washington Nationals  

-Chicago Cubs  

-Cincinnati Reds  

-Milwaukee Brewers  

-Pittsburgh Pirates  

-St. Louis Cardinals  

-Arizona Diamondbacks  

-Colorado Rockies  

-Los Angeles Dodgers  

-San Diego Padres  

-San Francisco Giants    

How many games in a regular MLB season?  

One of the differences between baseball and other sports is that MLB has many games.    

One hundred sixty-two games per regular season.

There is always an extra playoff game if there is a tie at the end of the regular season.    

How are the Playoffs played in MLB?   

In MLB, for the last ten years, ten franchises have been in the playoffs.    

They are the first of each division and the best second among all divisions combined.   

Here is the complete schedule of the playoffs:  

-Wild Card  

-Division Series  

-League Championship Series  

-World Series  

The last winners of the World Series are the Atlanta Braves. It's their fourth MLB title since the beginning of their existence.    

But if you're wondering what's the most successful team in MLB history, it's the New York Yankees with no less than 27 titles won.  

Baseball and MLB: a popular sport! 

As you have discovered throughout this article, baseball is a sport followed by millions of fans worldwide.   

With 30 North American franchises and 161 regular-season games, baseball and MLB offer a lot of entertainment to fans regularly.   

The show for fans (and online bettors) is through playoffs that oppose the best teams (those at the top of their division) and the best runner-up.  

The World Series is watched by millions of people around the world...and maybe even by you.