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Major League Baseball was one of the Sports and recreation good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
October 4, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
October 6, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
August 15, 2010	Good article reassessment	Delisted
December 10, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
April 23, 2022	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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Section size for Major League Baseball (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	19,114	19,114	654	654
History	63	60,980	0	4,392
Founding	6,821	11,975	553	803
Other recognized leagues	5,154	5,154	250	250
Dead-ball era	7,024	7,024	435	435
Rise in popularity	3,619	3,619	246	246
World War II era	3,419	3,419	276	276
Breaking the color barrier	4,885	4,885	376	376
Women in baseball	714	714	26	26
Relocation and expansion	7,670	7,670	619	619
Pitching dominance and rule changes	3,594	3,594	175	175
New stadiums and artificial surfaces	3,368	3,368	237	237
Scandals and a changing game	3,047	3,047	181	181
Steroid era, further expansion and near contraction	2,137	2,137	260	260
The modern game	7,761	7,761	663	663
21st-century moves and potential expansion	1,704	1,704	95	95
Teams	9,482	9,482	13	13
Organizational structure	6,833	6,833	353	353
League organization	7,660	7,660	603	603
Uniforms	8,809	8,809	393	393
Season structure	100	21,948	0	1,666
Spring training	1,937	1,937	157	157
Regular season	5,462	5,462	632	632
All-Star Game	6,638	6,638	474	474
Postseason	7,811	7,811	403	403
International play	7,936	7,936	447	447
Performance-enhancing drugs	10,904	10,904	556	556
Media coverage	19	54,021	0	1,874
Television	127	18,873	0	621
Linear	10,843	10,843	399	399
Streaming	7,903	7,903	222	222
Blackout policy	2,259	2,259	98	98
Radio and Internet	11,725	11,725	470	470
Financial landscape	3,942	3,942	122	122
International broadcasting	17,203	17,203	563	563
See also	1,048	1,048	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Further reading	2,355	2,355	0	0
External links	1,297	1,297	0	0
Total	212,439	212,439	10,951	10,951

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There is a request, submitted by Catfurball (talk), for an audio version of this article to be created. For further information, see WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.
The rationale behind the request is: Important.

On 14 April 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to MLB. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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