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What is Major League Baseball?

Explain the Major League Baseball?

Define the Major League Baseball?

Jan 10th, 2008 22:03
Martin Luther, http://www.chiefcyberpicks.com/ , http://www.chiefcyberpicks.us/ , http://www.ncaasportsblog.com/

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North
American professional baseball. More specifically, Major League Baseball
refers to the organization that operates North American professional
baseball's two leagues, the National League and the American League, by
means of a joint organizational structure which has existed between them
since 1903. Major League Baseball teams play a 162 game season. The
American League operates under the Designated Hitter Rule, but the
National League does not (inter-league, all-star and World Series game
rules are determined by the home team's league rules). In 2000, the
American and National Leagues were officially disbanded as separate
legal entities with all rights and functions consolidated in the
commissioner's office. MLB effectively operates as a single league and
as such it constitutes one of the major professional sports leagues of
North America.
Major League Baseball is controlled by an agreement that has undergone
several incarnations since 1876, then called the NL Constitution, with
the most recent revisions being made in 2005. Major League Baseball,
under the direction of its Commissioner, Bud Selig, hires and maintains
the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and
television contracts. As is the case for most North American sports
leagues, the 'closed shop' aspect of MLB effectively prevents the yearly
promotion and relegation of teams into the Major League by virtue of
their performance.
MLB maintains a unique, controlling relationship over the sport,
including most aspects of minor league baseball. This is due in large
part to a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Federal Baseball Club v.
National League which held that baseball is not interstate commerce and
therefore not subject to federal antitrust law despite baseball's own
references to itself as an "industry" rather than a "sport." This ruling
has been weakened only slightly in subsequent years.
The production/multimedia wing of MLB is New York-based MLB Advanced
Media which oversees MLB.com and all 30 of the individual teams'
websites. Its charter states that MLB Advanced Media holds editorial
independence from the League itself, but it is indeed under the same
ownership group and revenue-sharing plan. MLB Productions is a
similarly-structured wing of the league, focusing on video and
traditional broadcast media.
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