MLB Proposes Shorter Season and Longer Playoff Series
Major League Baseball (MLB) wants to change its schedule.
MLB is the top baseball league in the United States.
Now, teams play 162 games every season.
MLB wants teams to play only 154 games.
This is a shorter season.
MLB also wants to change the playoffs.
Playoffs happen after the season. The best teams play each other.
MLB wants a new division series.
This series will be best-of-seven.
That means a team must win four games to move on.
The changes will start in 2029.
MLB has not started these changes yet.
This is only a proposal right now.
Teams and players must agree to the plan.
Many fans are talking about this news.
Vocabulary7 words
- schedule
- a plan of when games happen
- league
- a group of sports teams that play each other
- season
- the time of year when a sport is played
- playoffs
- games after the season to find the best team
- division series
- a group of playoff games between two teams
- best-of-seven
- a series where a team needs four wins to win
- proposal
- an idea or plan that is not final yet
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1. 154 2. Make it best-of-seven 3. 2029
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Major League Baseball (MLB) wants to change its _____.
Now, teams play _____ games every season.
MLB wants teams to play only _____ games.
MLB also wants to change the _____.
MLB wants a new _____ series.
This series will be _____.
That means a team must win _____ games to move on.
The changes will start in _____.
This is only a _____ right now.
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