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==International play==
{{See also|List of Major League Baseball games played outside the United States and Canada|MLB Japan All-Star Series|MLB Taiwan All-Star Series|2019 MLB London Series}}
Since 1986 an [[all-star game|All-Star]] team from MLB is sent to a biennial end-of-the-season tour of Japan, dubbed as [[MLB Japan All-Star Series]], playing exhibition games in a [[Playoff format#Best-of formats|best-of format]] against the All-Stars from [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB) or recently as of 2014 their national team [[Samurai Japan]].

In 2008, MLB played the [[MLB China Series]] in the People's Republic of China. It was a series of two spring-training games between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. The games were an effort to popularize baseball in China.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050309032208/http://voanews.com/english/2005-03-03-voa35.cfm "MLB, China Baseball League Team to Tour China", Mar. 3, 2005]. [[Voice of America]]. </ref>

MLB played the [[MLB Taiwan All-Star Series]] in Taiwan in November 2011. It was a series of five exhibition games played by a team made up of MLB players called the MLB All-Stars and the [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team]]. The MLB All-Stars swept the series, five games to zero.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/11/07/2003517672 "Resilient Taiwan drop All-Stars series finale 6–4"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725122901/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/11/07/2003517672 |date=July 25, 2018 }}, Taipei Times, November 7, 2011</ref> At the end of the 2011 season, it was announced that the [[Seattle Mariners]] and the [[Oakland Athletics]] would play their season openers in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110928&content_id=25337950&vkey=pr_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea|title=Seattle Mariners open 2012 season in Japan vs. Oakland Athletics|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=July 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103233953/http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110928&content_id=25337950&vkey=pr_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea|archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, Phil Rogers of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote that MLB was considering postseason all-star tours in Taiwan and Korea; baseball is increasing in popularity in both countries.<ref name=Jarosh>{{cite web|last=Jarosh|first=Noah|title=MLB exploring possible All-Star tour in Korea after 2014|url=https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/10/13/4834222/mlb-all-star-tour-2014-korea-taiwan|publisher=[[SBNation.com]]|access-date=November 30, 2013|date=October 13, 2013|archive-date=December 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206021513/http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/10/13/4834222/mlb-all-star-tour-2014-korea-taiwan|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] opened the 2014 season against [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] from March 22–23 in Australia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Australia, Baseball's Diamond in Rough|first=Rick|last=Burton|date=March 9, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/sports/baseball/australia-baseballs-diamond-in-rough.html?action=click&contentCollection=Baseball&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article|access-date=March 10, 2014|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323075205/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/sports/baseball/australia-baseballs-diamond-in-rough.html?action=click&contentCollection=Baseball&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article|url-status=live}}</ref> The teams played each other at the historic [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], which has a seating capacity of 46,000. The two games represented the first MLB regular-season play held in that country. The games counted as home games for the Diamondbacks, so they played 79 home games at [[Chase Field]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130910&content_id=60089280&c_id=ari|title=D-backs' trip Down Under highlights '14 schedule: Arizona opens next season against Los Angeles at Sydney Cricket Ground|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=September 10, 2013|access-date=September 19, 2013|archive-date=October 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022201723/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130910&content_id=60089280&c_id=ari|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, the [[Boston Red Sox]] were the home team in a regular-season two-game series against the [[New York Yankees]]. The games, which were the first regular-season MLB games held in Europe, were played on June 29–30 at [[London Stadium]] with the Yankees winning both games.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=James |title=Yankees Leave London With 'Eye-Opening' Wins Over Red Sox |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/sports/yankees-red-sox-london.html |access-date=October 27, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 30, 2019 |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027001156/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/sports/yankees-red-sox-london.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[San Diego Padres]] and Los Angeles Dodgers opened the 2024 regular season on March 20–21 at [[Gocheok Sky Dome]] in Seoul, South Korea. The ceremonial first pitch of the opening game was thrown by the first Korean-born MLB player [[Chan Ho Park]], who made his debut with the LA Dodgers in 1994. The two-game Seoul Series resulted in a split between the two teams. There were also four exhibition games played during March 17–18, where the Dodgers took on the [[Kiwoom Heroes]] and Team Korea, and the Padres faced the [[LG Twins]] and Team Korea.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/international/events/seoul-series | title=MLB Seoul Series &#124; MLB International | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>

Together with the [[World Baseball Softball Confederation]], MLB sponsors the [[World Baseball Classic]], an international baseball tournament contested by national teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2057633|title=World Cup announcement made|last=Schwarz|first=Alan|publisher=ESPN Enterprises, Inc.|date=May 10, 2005|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>