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the highest level of a field of endeavor
when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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In his major league debut, Ichiro went hitless in his first three at-bats — two groundballs and a strikeout against Tim Hudson.
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Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Reporters from two continents were flocking to see the Japanese outfielder chase the all-time major league hits record of 257 set by George Sisler, a standard that had been set 84 years earlier.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
That would leave the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays as the two teams in the running to sign Sasaki with one week left in his 45-day window to negotiate a major league contract.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Born and raised in Milwaukee on January 26, 1934, Robert George Uecker spent several years in the minor leagues with various affiliate clubs before making his major league debut in 1962.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Reporters from two continents were flocking to see the Japanese outfielder chase the all-time major league hits record of 257 set by George Sisler, a standard that had been set 84 years earlier.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
That would leave the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays as the two teams in the running to sign Sasaki with one week left in his 45-day window to negotiate a major league contract.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Born and raised in Milwaukee on January 26, 1934, Robert George Uecker spent several years in the minor leagues with various affiliate clubs before making his major league debut in 1962.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20league. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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