The major league baseball season lasts from April to October and includes the regular season, the playoffs, and the World Series. The final series in the league playoffs determines which team wins the pennant, or championship, of their league. The two pennant winners meet in the World Series , and the winner of this series becomes the major league world champion. The sport that evokes more nostalgia among Americans than any other is baseball. Today, professional baseball attracts millions of spectators to ballparks each year and entertains millions more through radio and television broadcasts.
Professional baseball includes the major leagues and the minor leagues .
Amateur baseball includes Little League , high school and university competition , and various community leagues. American soldiers brought baseball to Japan, where it is widely played. Baseball is also popular in Cuba and other Caribbean nations. The Cultural Significance of Baseball Exploratorium's Science of Baseball History of the World Series Major League Baseball. More Links Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts.