User:HorribleIgor/National League Baseball

National League Baseball (NLB) is a professional baseball organisation, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the Kingdom of Seiyougoku. A total of 32 teams play in the Ruby League (RL) and Sapphire League (SL), with 16 teams in each league. The RL and SL were formed as separate legal entities in 700. After cooperating but remaining legally separate entities beginning in 703, the leagues merged into a single organisation led by the Director of Baseball in 705. The organisation also oversees Gem League Baseball, which comprises about 250 teams affiliated with the National League clubs.

Today, NLB is composed of 32 teams. Teams play 162 games each season and four teams in each league advance to a three-round postseason tournament that culminates in the Kyuuden Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions that dates to 705. Baseball broadcasts are aired on television and radio throughout Seiyougoku and in several other countries throughout the world. NLB has the highest season attendance of any sports league in the world with more than 15 million spectators in 764.