the National League

noun

: one of the two major leagues in professional U.S. baseball

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Shohei Ohtani won the National League Most Valuable Player Award and led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a championship in 2024 — all while recovering from an internal brace procedure on his right elbow. Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025 Lost the National League Championship Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025 Per FanGraphs, Torres was the National League’s best defensive center fielder. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025 The group has won two World Series in addition to winning the National League pennant in two other seasons. The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the National League 

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“The National League.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20National%20League. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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