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
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when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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That hasn’t gone unnoticed, and this past offseason one of the people most responsible for executing the club’s turnaround — former director of pitching Justin Willard — was hired away by the New York Mets to be their new major league pitching coach.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
No one else in major league history has hit one in the World Series.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Jack Leiter, who had his first full major league season in 2025, is a year and two months younger than Gore.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
Matthews spent much of last season in the majors with the Twins; Abel debuted last season and has the least major league experience.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
No one else in major league history has hit one in the World Series.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Jack Leiter, who had his first full major league season in 2025, is a year and two months younger than Gore.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
Matthews spent much of last season in the majors with the Twins; Abel debuted last season and has the least major league experience.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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