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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In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2024
The Dodgers scored single runs in the first (singles by Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, Will Smith sacrifice fly) and second (Max Muncy double, Chris Taylor sacrifice fly) innings off Nationals left-hander Mitchell Parker, who was making his major league debut, to take a 2-1 lead.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Del Baker, a former major league catcher, manager and coach, who was an adviser to the Trinity baseball team, tutored him in catching skills.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
But nearby are the homes of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, who left Oakland, California, in 2020, and the city’s first major league professional team, the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights.
—Rio Yamat, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
America's pastime is back as many major league baseball teams begin their seasons today.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
The home run was Hernández’s fourth of the season — all of them have come in the last four games — tying him with Betts for the early major league lead.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Judge has already achieved notoriety as being the biggest center fielder in major league history.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet, well before Robinson’s arrival, the Negro Leagues were already major league, in the simple sense that, had there been a World Series between a team from the Negro Leagues and one from the white leagues, either could have won.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2024
The Dodgers scored single runs in the first (singles by Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, Will Smith sacrifice fly) and second (Max Muncy double, Chris Taylor sacrifice fly) innings off Nationals left-hander Mitchell Parker, who was making his major league debut, to take a 2-1 lead.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Del Baker, a former major league catcher, manager and coach, who was an adviser to the Trinity baseball team, tutored him in catching skills.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
But nearby are the homes of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, who left Oakland, California, in 2020, and the city’s first major league professional team, the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights.
—Rio Yamat, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
America's pastime is back as many major league baseball teams begin their seasons today.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
The home run was Hernández’s fourth of the season — all of them have come in the last four games — tying him with Betts for the early major league lead.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Judge has already achieved notoriety as being the biggest center fielder in major league history.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet, well before Robinson’s arrival, the Negro Leagues were already major league, in the simple sense that, had there been a World Series between a team from the Negro Leagues and one from the white leagues, either could have won.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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