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| | USIA - Portrait of the USA, Ch. 11 |
 | | The teams were divided into two leagues, the National and American; during the regular season, a team played only against other teams within its league. |
 | | The most victorious team in each league was said to have won the "pennant;" the two pennant winners met after the end of the regular season in the World Series. |
 | | Until the 1970s, because of strict contracts, the owners of baseball teams also virtually owned the players; since then, the rules have changed so that players are free, within certain limits, to sell their services to any team. |
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