1998 Major League Baseball expansion the American League. Following that transaction, MLB consequently altered its season structure so as to include interleague play throughout the regular season. 1998 Major League Baseball expansion The 1998 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in the establishment of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s 29th and 30th teams beginning play for the 1998 season. After initiating an expansion committee in March 1994, 27 groups representing nine cities submitted bids for the proposed expansion teams. After a yearlong process, on March 9, 1995, the league awarded the National League franchise to Phoenix and the American League franchise to Tampa. The Arizona Diamondbacks and
Baseball in the Philippines began to play the game when he was a kid. With ex-NFL quarterback Tim Tebow's transtition into baseball and since he is as of 2018 now playing for the New York Mets AA affiliate Binghamton Rumble Ponies, if called into the Mets team in the coming 2019 season he will be the first Filipino in many years to join the ranks of the major league teams. Baseball in the Philippines Baseball was introduced in the Philippines during the American colonial period. Baseball was a national pastime in the country. The sport has become a re-emerging sport in the recent years.