The Mexican League is a AAA-level baseball minor league in Mexico. The league is regarded in Mexico as the domestic major league.

History

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There have actually been six Mexican leagues of note. The first was an outlaw circuit directed by Jorge Pasquel from the late 1930s until 1953. Having major league ambitions, Pasquel stocked his teams with Negro League greats, then raided the U.S. major leagues for additional talent when a player surplus and pay cuts there followed the World War II player shortage. Pasquel's raids netted 23 Major League regulars, most of whom jumped to the Quebec Provincial League in 1948-1949, and were reinstated by the majors in June 1949. Struggling financially, Pasquel's league dissolved in 1953. The northern clubs merged into the Arizona-Texas and Arizona-Mexico leagues of 1953-57. The Mexican League proper reorganized in 1955, and has operated continuously since.

The Mexican Central League, recognized as Class-A, formed in 1960, and was joined during the decade by the short-lived Mexican Northern League, Mexican Pacific League, and Mexican Rookie League. All were based on previously existing outlaw circuits. The last three were acknowledged farm leagues for the Mexican League, but the Mexican Central League, while hosting some farm clubs, had aspirations to equal status. The Mexican and Central leagues finally merged into a single 20-team circuit with four divisions in 1979. A players' strike curtailed the 1980 season, but six clubs broke the strike to play a 40-game schedule. Following numerous bankruptcies, the Mexican League dwindled to 14 teams in two divisions.

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Watching Mexican Baseball League.
mariocarrion (Mario Carrion) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:53:32 -0000
Watching Mexican Baseball League.
Pretty good game between UNAM and America to close the activity of round 15 in the mexican league. Watch the goals tonight at 11pm Univision
EnriqueSports (Enrique Gutierrez) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:27 -0000
Pretty good game between UNAM and America to close the activity of round 15 in the mexican league. Watch the goals tonight at 11pm Univision
4 Those following the Mexican Soccer League, America 2-3 Pumas. It was a Typical Mexican match; bad,slow,lots of mistakes,poor effort.BORING
MenInBalls (Lagar) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:57:03 -0000
4 Those following the Mexican Soccer League, America 2-3 Pumas. It was a Typical Mexican match; bad,slow,lots of mistakes,poor effort.BORING
There is so much mediocrity in the Mexican Soccer League, I mean MLS is bad, but the way these guys play the game is unbearable! UNAM 2-1Ame
MenInBalls (Lagar) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:14:42 -0000
There is so much mediocrity in the Mexican Soccer League, I mean MLS is bad, but the way these guys play the game is unbearable! UNAM 2-1Ame
My wife and daugther both have the Mexican Flew. Their really sick. God stop this make an end to it this is out of my League.
spinningdiamond (Percy de Lanoi ) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:36:18 -0000
My wife and daugther both have the Mexican Flew. Their really sick. God stop this make an end to it this is out of my League.
#phillies fans should turn their attention to Yaquis de Obrégon where Mayberry and Taylor are in hot Mexican Winter League action.
nmontgom (Nick M) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:21:23 -0000
#phillies fans should turn their attention to Yaquis de Obrégon where Mayberry and Taylor are in hot Mexican Winter League action.

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