major league
noun
1
: a league of highest classification in U.S. professional baseball
broadly
: a league of major importance in any of various sports
2
major leaguer
noun
Examples of major league in a Sentence
when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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Left fielder Al Gionfriddo — in what turned out to be his last major league game — raced to the bullpen fence (415 feet from home plate) to rob DiMaggio of the home run.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Encouraged by the financial success of the Braves’ relocation from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953, O’Malley saw Los Angeles, which had no major league franchise, as the perfect site for a stadium and a new chapter in the Dodgers’ history.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Valenzuela made his major league debut in the fall of 1980 as a relief pitcher.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The last home playoff match for a major league team in Charlotte was the first round of the NBA playoffs on April 29, 2016 — Hornets vs. Heat.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Encouraged by the financial success of the Braves’ relocation from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953, O’Malley saw Los Angeles, which had no major league franchise, as the perfect site for a stadium and a new chapter in the Dodgers’ history.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Valenzuela made his major league debut in the fall of 1980 as a relief pitcher.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The last home playoff match for a major league team in Charlotte was the first round of the NBA playoffs on April 29, 2016 — Hornets vs. Heat.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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