The Major Leagues is becoming more and more international, a fact that began since the Mets and Padres traveled to Mexico in 1996 to celebrate a series of three games valid for the regular day in Monterrey.
From Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 18, the Padres won two of the three challenges, attendance at these were 23,699, 25, 644 and 22,810 fans.
Three years later, on Sunday, April 4, 1999, the season opened with a single match, which was held in Monterrey, Mexico between the Rockies and Padres, which was won by the Rockies 8-2 in which a total of 27,104 fans witnessed this encounter.
This was the first time a major league campaign had opened outside the United States or Canada.
In 2000 it was also inaugurated outside these countries, this time at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, where the Cubs and Mets played a series of two games on Wednesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 30. Chicago won the first 5-3 and the Mets the second 5-1 in 11 acts with the first grand slam of the 21st century, which was hit by Benny Agbayani in the 11th inning and he did it as a pinch hit. These two matches were attended by 110,000 fans.
The Major Leagues held regular round games in Europe for the first time, when in London, England two games were held between Boston and the Yankees, on Saturday June 29 and Sunday June 30, 2019, the Yankees won both the first 17-13 and the second 12 – 8, these were held at the London Stadium, where 59,659 fans attended the first challenge and 59,059 the second for a total of 118,718 people.