Why Are Baseball Seasons 162 Games Long?
This week , Major League Baseballreleased the schedulefor the 2015 season . You may have noticed that it set out subsequently and ends later on than previous season — but each squad still plays 162 game , just as they have for decades . But how did MLB arrive at such a seemingly arbitrary act ? countenance ’s start in 1920 . There was baseball before then , but that ’s when both the National and American Leagues settled on a time of year distance that would hold for over 40 years ....