# Major League Baseball Today · Baseball Level 10: Professional

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Who runs the game, the pace-of-play rules, rosters, awards, special games, ballparks today, stars of the 2020s, money, the minor leagues today and a world of players.

## Test 1: Who runs the game

- Selig had led the game since 1992. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The first was Kenesaw Mountain Landis. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Three-quarters of the clubs must agree. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Atlanta Braves Holdings became its own listed company in 2023. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The club's stadium is named after it too. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It has been used for bans and for stepping into club disputes. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The office runs the rules, umpires and the business of the league. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1989, 1989-92, 1992-2015, then from 2015. (Source: General baseball reference)
- A three-quarters vote is needed. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He followed Selig in January 2015. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 2: The pace-of-play rules

- The clock came into the majors in 2023. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It was cut from 20 seconds after the first season. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Pitchers get an automatic ball for their own violations. (Source: General baseball reference)
- A third failed attempt is a balk. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Bigger bases cut collisions and helped base stealers. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Games had been about three hours a year earlier. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Clubs saw the results there first. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 2022, 2023, then 2024. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 15, 18, then 30 seconds. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Pitch clock violations by a pitcher add a ball to the count. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 3: Rosters

- The roster grew from 25 to 26 in 2020. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Clubs once called up many more players in September. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It includes the active roster and some players in the minors. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The limit stops clubs from filling the bench with arms. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Each option year allows several trips to the minors. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Players left off 40-man rosters for years can be taken by other clubs. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The club then has days to trade, release or outright him. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Each step follows the calendar. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 40, 28, then 26. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He stays on the 40-man roster. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 4: Awards

- He won the very first award in 1947. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It marked 25 years since his 715th home run. (Source: General baseball reference)
- One player in each league receives it. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Managers and coaches vote for it. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Martínez spent his whole career with the Mariners. (Source: General baseball reference)
- One award goes to each league. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It has been given since 1983. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1956, 1980, 1999, then 2014. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Votes are cast before October so the playoffs do not count. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Each club nominates one player every year. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 5: Special games

- It was built near the film's set in Dyersville. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The ball flew into the corn. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Little League World Series players watch from the stands. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It opened in 1910. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Willie Mays, who had played there as a teenager, died two days before the game. (Source: General baseball reference)
- A diamond was built inside Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The games were at the home of Mexico City's Diablos Rojos. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 2017, 2021, 2024, then 2025. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The entrance copied the film. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The film of 1989 inspired it. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 6: Ballparks today

- It has a retractable roof against the Texas heat. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Rays had to find another home. (Source: General baseball reference)
- They used George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It opened in 1962. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The bay beyond right field is called McCovey Cove. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Braves built the area around the park. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Texas heat, Arizona sun and Seattle rain are the usual reasons. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1962, 2000, 2017, then 2020. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The cove lies just beyond the right-field wall. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Diamondbacks' park in Phoenix has a roof too. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 7: Stars of the 2020s

- He reached it in a 6-for-6 game in Miami. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He did not pitch that season. (Source: General baseball reference)
- No catcher had hit 50 before. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Dodgers beat the Yankees in five games. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was named NL Rookie of the Year. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Only a handful of players had done both. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He hit three home runs that day. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 2022, 2024, then 2025. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 60, 48, then 45. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He spent his whole career with the Dodgers. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 8: Money

- Clubs above a set payroll pay a share of the excess. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Clubs pool part of their local income. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Its amount is the average of the 125 highest salaries. (Source: General baseball reference)
- A few with a little over two years also qualify. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It lowers the club's cost today. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Many clubs' local channels belonged to it. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Repeat offenders pay more each year. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The rate climbs for repeat offenders. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Pay usually rises at each stage. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The club pays less now and more later. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 9: The minor leagues today

- One at each level from Single-A to Triple-A. (Source: General baseball reference)
- About forty clubs lost their link to a big-league team. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The old governing body of the minors was wound up. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Their first labour deal followed in 2023. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Players had struggled to pay rent on low wages. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Clubs' academies field teams there. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Games are played at the clubs' spring training complexes. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, then 2023. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Each step brings tougher opponents. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It is the first level in the US for many young players. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 10: A world of players

- Both countries have long baseball traditions. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Players from about twenty countries are usually listed. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He had won three straight Sawamura Awards. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He had pitched in Japan's Central League. (Source: General baseball reference)
- His father had been a star in Korea too. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He starred for Japan at the Classic months later. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He signed with the Mariners at 16. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 2021, 2022, then 2024. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Dominican Republic usually has about a hundred. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was the first Korean-born player to win one. (Source: General baseball reference)

Sources: General baseball references, WBSC and league material, coaching manuals; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category.

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