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In Major League Baseball, the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) champions are the ones who play to determine which ofboth teams is the World Series champion. This happens every fall in the sport, the national past time. Currently, the World Series is being disputed between the Arizona Diamindbacks and the Texas Rangers. So far, the team from Texas is leading the series 2--1 after beating the Diamindbacks last Monday with a 3-1 result. Both teams play on Tuesday at Phoenix's Chase Field. For regular folks who don't normally follow the World Series, it may be difficult to understand how the system works.
In other sports, there tends to be a final or just one game such as the Super Bowl or the world Cup Final. But Baseball is very similar to what the NBA does, they have a system of consecutive games where the one who reaches a certain number of victories becomes the champion. The NBA example is probably the best way to describe how the MLB World Series' system works. Although basketball has the Eastern and Western Conferences. But they have the same system in the NBA Finals after the Playoffs reach the conference finals. If you didn't know this and you thought both the NBA and the MLB have unusually large final games, we have the perfect explanation for you.
How many games are played in the World Series?
After the NL and AL champions reach the World Series, they play each other between 4 and seven times. It will all depend on who gets to 4 wins games first. The current potential 7-game format became standarized since 1990. Before 1984, the winners of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players and the National League gave a trophy to the respective team from each league that won the most games after a season. There was no post-season but since both leagues faced each other from 1984 to 1990, they agreed to different each season. The World Series as we know it today started in the 1990-91 season.