How to Use the National League in a Sentence

the National League

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• The Rockies now have the worst record in the National League.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 1 May 2024
• But the 2023 Phillies, who stand to clinch the National League title tonight?
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
• Both teams are fighting for a Wild Card spot in the National League.
  — Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 8 July 2024
• That talented group of wild and crazy guys helped St. Louis rule the National League in the 1930s.
  — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Ohtani’s Dodgers are also in first place in the National League West.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Aug. 2024
• Overall, most of the game's high-end starters (seven of our top nine) pitch in the National League.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
• Bard was named the National League comeback player of the year.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• As the leader of the Brotherhood, Ward was at the forefront of the union’s labor war with the National League.
  — Scott D. Peterson, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• The April 10 clash between the two is billed as the most important game in the history of the National League.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2023
• He was regarded as the best closer in the National League.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• No one in the National League Central was likely to splurge in free agency.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
• In the National League, seven teams are within four games of the final playoff spot.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2024
• Despite a strong stretch drive, their final record of 93-69 left them five games behind the front-running Dodgers in the National League West.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Blackmon’s 14% strikeout rate is the ninth-lowest in the National League, but his last home run was on April 8 vs. Arizona.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 7 May 2024
• To that point there had only been six perfect games in Major League history, and none in the National League since 1880.
  — Barry Jacobs – Columnist, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Sure, the Brewers didn't have much to play for, but the glorious schadenfreude of the moment wasn't lost on Brewers fans, playing in the National League for the first season.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2023
• To attract them and others, the pair paid salaries well above the market rate for the National League division Wrexham played in last season.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Apr. 2024
• My ceiling for them is to reach the National League Championship Series.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• The Marlins went 84-78, finishing third in the National League East and claiming the second of three wild-card spots into the postseason.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
• And looking around the National League, a lot of other teams have started to go underwater this month.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
• And for the second day in a row, the Mets missed an opportunity to do damage against Atlanta in the National League playoff race.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
• Starting pitcher Seth Lugo spent most of his career in the National League and is therefore no stranger to hitting.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024
• The competition in the National League is pretty stiff.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2023
• With the postseason set to begin tomorrow, there are still two places left to be decided, the final wild-card spots in the National League.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
• Both free passes came around to score in a three-run seventh inning that erased an early deficit and averted a series-opening loss to the National League’s worst team.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• Bowden’s trial balloon included the end of the American League and the National League.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• Despite the loss, the Brewers still managed to clinch the National League Central division title.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
• While the team was able to celebrate an infrequent victory, the game also revealed why the team possesses a 34-65 record, worst in the National League.
  — Kaushik Sampath, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
• But the top of the spending standings in the National League Central two months into the offseason are at least eye-opening, and catching the attention of free agents such as Montas.
  — The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024
• Philadelphia won Game 5, but the Diamondbacks took the final two, and with them the National League pennant.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024