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Baseball postseason format changes

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Baseball postseason format changes

The modern Major League Baseball has a different postseason format than the one used before. The first professional baseball championship went to the team with the best record at the end of the season. Chicago White Stockings won the National League championship in 1876. American Association champions Cincinnati Red Stocklings and National league champion Chicago. White stockings split the first exhibition series. After the 1883 peace agreement, the American and the NL champions played a championship series between them. The winner received the Dauvray Cup. It was the only World Series played in MLB.

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