21st Century

From BR Bullpen

The 21st Century is the present century. It began on January 1, 2001 and is due to end December 31, 2100. The beginning of the decade has been marked by an increased international focus on baseball with the start of new leagues such as the China Baseball League. An increasingly higher percentage of Major League Baseball players were coming from outside the USA - and not just from traditional sources in Latin America, but from Australia, Europe and Asia. The World Baseball Classic was founded with baseball being removed from the Olympics after 2008 to keep international competition going in years when neither the Baseball World Cup or Intercontinental Cup is played.

Another big issue in the 21st Century was the beginning of steroid testing in many leagues, including those in Organized Baseball as well as Nippon Pro Baseball. These tests began after past MLB stars such as Jose Canseco and Ken Caminiti admitted to steroid use and claimed many other players were also using those substances to get an added edge.

Years
19th Century
1850s								1857	1858	1859
1860s	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869
1870s	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879
1880s	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
1890s	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899
20th Century
1900s	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
1910s	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
1920s	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
1930s	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
1940s	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
1950s	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960s	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970s	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980s	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990s	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
21st Century
2000s	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
2010s	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019