2009+MLB+Season

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The MLB consists of the American League and the National League. Teams usually play mostly against teams in the same league however each team may play between 15-18 games against teams from the opposing league. In total each team till play 162 regular season games. Each division is furtherly divided into 3 more divisions which are divided based on the geographical location of the team. Each team plays teams in their division more often than other teams.

At the end of each season the top 4 teams from the National League and 4 teams from the American league come to win their way to the world series. The first series is a 5 game series where the first team in each series to win 3 games moves onto the next series. The winners from the first series are paired up with the other remaining team in their league and it is a 7 game series where the team which wins 4 games first wins the series. The winners from the American league and National league play a seven game series and the winner obtains the Commissioners trophy. In the 2009 season the winner of the world series was the New York yankees in a 4 game to 2 game win against the Philadelphia Phillies.



