1998 Major League Baseball expansion 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 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (currently the Tampa Bay Rays), would subsequently begin play for the 1998 season. With the successes of
2016 Horizon League Baseball Tournament 2016 Horizon League Baseball Tournament The 2016 Horizon League Baseball Tournament will be held from May 25–28. The top six finishers of the league's seven teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The league's teams will be seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. They will then play a double-elimination tournament. The teams seeded three through six will play play-in games. The winners of