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First division (baseball)
First division is a term that has had various meanings, at various times, in the sport of baseball: Prior to 1961, the two major baseball leagues — the National League and the American League — contained eight teams each, and a team in first through fourth places collectively was said to stand in the "first division;" when the leagues added two new teams each in the early 1960s (the American League in 1961 and the National League the following year) the term's application was changed to the first five places in the standings. Teams occupying positions lower than these were said to be in the "second division.
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