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The Triple-A National Championship Game is a single interleague postseason baseball game between the league champions of the two affiliated Triple-A leagues of Minor League Baseball (MiLB)—the International League (IL) and Pacific Coast League (PCL)—to determine an overall champion of the classification. With the exceptions of 2020 and 2021 ...
Jackie Robinson, then with the Triple-A Montreal Royals in July 1946. Prior to 1946, the top level of Minor League Baseball was Double-A, which had been established in 1912. [3] [4]: 236 The Triple-A classification was created before the 1946 season, and began with all three leagues then in Double-A moving up to the new level: [4]: 15
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The agreement was joint venture between the two Triple-A leagues, Major League Baseball, and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and was scheduled to run for three years, from 1998 to 2000. [16] The site was chosen because of its reasonable travel costs and other offerings in the city. [17] The series were to be televised on ESPN2. [15]
Prior to the 2022 season, MLB renamed the Triple-A East the International League, and it carried on the history of the IL prior to reorganization. [6] Rather than hold playoffs for its championship, the Triple-A East's 2021 title was awarded to the team with the best regular-season record. [22]
The further expansion of Major League Baseball in 1998 spurred the re-alignment of the Triple-A classification from three leagues to two. The American Association disbanded for the second time following the 1997 season. The league's final championship was won by the Buffalo Bisons, who still possess the trophy.
The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] The Pacific Coast League ceased operations before the 2021 season in conjunction with Major League Baseball's (MLB) reorganization of Minor League Baseball. [14] In place of the league, MLB created the Triple-A West, a circuit divided into two divisions of four teams each. [15]
This is a list of seasons of Major League Baseball 1870s. Year National League champion 1876: Chicago White Stockings ... World's Championship Series champion 1880: