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	Topics Professional baseball Topic Home BaseballBaseball Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, parts of Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia.... is a team sport which is played by several professional leagues throughout the world. In these leagues, and associated farm teams, players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. Modern professional leagues North America Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in professional baseball.... in North America consists of the National LeagueNational League The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues consti... and the American LeagueAmerican League The American League is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada.... . Historically, teams in one league never played teams in the other until the World SeriesWorld Series The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball and the culmination of the sport's postseason each Octo... , in which the champions of the two leagues played against each other; this changed in 1997 with the advent of interleague playInterleague play Interleague play is the term used to describe regular season Major League Baseball games played with teams in different leag... . In addition to the major leagues, many North American cities and towns feature minor leagueMinor league baseball Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League B... teams. An organization officially styled Minor League BaseballMinor league baseball Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League B... , formerly the National Association of Professional Baseball, oversees nearly all minor league baseball in the United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is... and CanadaCanada Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America.... . The minor leagues are divided into classes AAA, AA, High A, Low A, Short-Season A, Advanced Rookie, and Rookie. These minor-league teams are affiliated with major league teams, and serve to develop young players and rehabilitate injured major leaguers. The Mexican LeagueMexican League The Mexican League is a AAA-level baseball minor league in Mexico.... is a Minor League Baseball member league that operates without affiliations to major league teams which is similar to the many independent minor leagues in North America such as the Northern LeagueNorthern League Northern League can mean:Northern League for minor league baseball in the United States and Canada... , Golden LeagueGolden League Golden League* may refer to:Golden Baseball League... , Atlantic leagueAtlantic League Atlantic League* refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:... , Frontier LeagueFrontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern... as well as many others. Japan Japan has had professional baseball since the 1930s. Currently, it consists of two leagues, the Central LeagueCentral League Overview The or is one of Japan's two major professional baseball leagues, the winner of which contests the Japan Series against the winn... and the Pacific LeaguePacific League The or is one of Japan's two major professional baseball leagues, the other being the Central League.... , each with six teams. Rest of the world Professional leagues also exist in Puerto RicoPuerto Rican Professional Baseball League The Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League is the main professional baseball league in Puerto Rico.... , VenezuelaVenezuelan Professional Baseball League Summary The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League or Liga Venezolana de Bisbol Profesional is the highest level baseball leagu... , KoreaKorean Baseball Organization The Korean Baseball Organization of South Korea is the country's professional baseball league and was founded with six teams... , TaiwanChinese Professional Baseball League The Chinese Professional Baseball League or CPBL is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan.... , Australia, the Dominican RepublicProfessional baseball in the Dominican Republic Professional baseball in the Dominican Republic has evolved dramatically in its 100-year history.... , the NetherlandsHonkbal Hoofdklasse Honkbal Hoofdklasse, Dutch for Major League Baseball, is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands.... , ChinaChina Baseball League The China Baseball League or Chinese Baseball League or CBL is a fledgling professional baseball league in the P... , ItalySerie A1 (baseball) Serie A1 is the highest level of professional baseball in Italy and is overseen by FIBS.... (from 1948), IsraelIsrael baseball league Summary The Israel Baseball League was a professional six-team baseball league in Israel.... (from 2007), Latin AmericaLatin America Latin America is the region of the Americas where Romance languages those derived from Latin are officially or primarily s... , and elsewhere in EuropeEurope Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth.... . Historic leagues During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African-American players were barred from playing the major leaguesBaseball color line The baseball color line was the unwritten policy which excluded African American baseball players from organized baseball in... , though several did manage to play by claiming to be Cubans or IndiansNative Americans in the United States American Indian and Alaskan NativesU.S.... . As a result, a number of parallel Negro LeaguesNegro league baseball The Negro Leagues were American professional baseball leagues comprising predominantly African-American teams.... were formed. However, after Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson , became the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in 1947.... began playing with the major-league Brooklyn DodgersLos Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, California.... in 1947, the Negro Leagues gradually faded. The process of integration did not go entirely smoothly; there were some ugly incidents, including pitchers who would try to throw directly at an African-American player's head. Now, however, baseball is fully integrated, and there is little to no racial tension between teammates. Between 1943 and 1954, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball LeagueAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league which existed from 1943 to 19... fielded teams in several Midwestern towns.