Big League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization as well as the oldest major expert sporting activities organization on the planet. As of 2021, an overall of 30 groups play in Major Organization Baseball-- 15 groups in the National Organization (NL) and also 15 in the American Organization (AL)-- with 29 in the USA and also 1 in Canada. The NL as well as AL were developed in 1876 as well as 1901, respectively. Starting in 1903, both leagues cooperated yet continued to be legitimately different entities till 2000 when they combined into a single company led by the Commissioner of Baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Baseball s very first honestly all-professional team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were founded in 1869. Before that, some groups had actually privately paid some gamers. The initial couple of decades of expert baseball were characterized by rivalries between organizations and by gamers that often leapt from one team or organization t...