Examples of the American League in a Sentence
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Certainly, some of what happened to them on Friday was because of Woo, who finished fifth in the American League Cy Young Award voting last year.
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
The case focuses specifically on Maryland’s ability to block Kalshi from offering sports-event contracts in the state -– such as whether the Orioles will win the American League East division —that Maryland says amount to rogue sports bets not permitted by its law.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
And, in one of 2025’s most thrilling A’s wins in West Sacramento, hit a go-ahead grand slam against Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, the American League’s best starting pitcher of 2024 and 2025 who won the league’s Cy Young Award each year.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The pregame ceremony will honor the team that won the American League pennant 40 years ago in 1986.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
The case focuses specifically on Maryland’s ability to block Kalshi from offering sports-event contracts in the state -– such as whether the Orioles will win the American League East division —that Maryland says amount to rogue sports bets not permitted by its law.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
And, in one of 2025’s most thrilling A’s wins in West Sacramento, hit a go-ahead grand slam against Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, the American League’s best starting pitcher of 2024 and 2025 who won the league’s Cy Young Award each year.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The pregame ceremony will honor the team that won the American League pennant 40 years ago in 1986.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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“The American League.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20American%20League. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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