I just want to know how they decide that. Thanks.
2006-07-14 16:23:22 · 4 answers · asked by Writer 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The National League is the Senior Circuit, the American League the Junior circuit. Cincinnatti was the first pro club, they along with others formed the National League. Other owners later grouped together and formed the American League (thus the nickname junior circuit) In todays game, whether you go into the AL or NL depends upon who has the fewest number of teams in their league. And they usually put two in at a time, so there are even numbers of teams
2006-07-14 16:29:19 · answer #1 · answered by InnerCircle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't a decision - teams joined one league or the other when they came into being. In the majors, half (15 teams total) have been in the same league since at least 1901 (when the AL was started); most of the rest (14 teams) were expansion teams, added to one league or the other at some point between the 1960s and 1990s. The lone exception is the Milwaukee Brewers, who started out as an expansion team in the AL in 1969 (as the Seattle Pilots) and switched to the NL in 1998 so that an expansion team could be added to each league without throwing off the even number of teams in each. They're the only team since the 1800s to switch leagues.
2006-07-14 18:12:18 · answer #2 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teams are members of one league or the other
2006-07-14 16:26:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
based on history and market. Lot of teams were around before the AL and NL formed. It was kind of based on rivals and marketing ability. The Brewers are just weird, I can not explain that one.
2006-07-14 16:29:59 · answer #4 · answered by nigel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋