<P> In 2000, the AL and NL were dissolved as legal entities, and MLB became a single, overall league de jure, similar to the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Hockey League (NHL)--albeit with two components called "leagues" instead of "conferences ." The same rules and regulations are used in both leagues, with one exception: the AL operates under the designated hitter rule, while the NL does not . This difference in rules between leagues is unique to MLB; the other sports leagues of the U.S. and Canada have one set of rules for all teams . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> (show) Map all coordinates using OSM Map all coordinates using Google </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Export all coordinates as KML </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Export all coordinates as GPX </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Map all microformatted coordinates </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Place data as RDF </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> (show) Map all coordinates using OSM Map all coordinates using Google </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Export all coordinates as KML </Td> </Tr>

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