Major League Baseball wants to showcase the sport in London and is working toward playing its first regular-season game in the English capital next year, the league said on Tuesday.
MLB, which has opened its season in a non-traditional market abroad seven times, including Sydney, would not confirm specific details mentioned in a report on its website that stated any games in London are expected to be part of a mid-season trip.
"We are very interested in playing there, and we're working hard on that one," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in the report.
"I don't think it will be an opener because of the weather issues. It would be later in the season."
MLB opened its 2014 season in Sydney at the SCG where the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Arizona Diamondbacks, and has previously launched seasons with games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Tokyo, Japan.
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Should MLB play a regular season game in London it would be following in the footsteps of the NFL and NBA.
The NFL has played at least one regular-season game in London since 2007 and currently has an agreement to keep playing there through 2020, while the NBA played its sixth regular-season game in London earlier this month.
