How to Use big league in a Sentence

big league

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Definition of big leaguenext
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  • Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism.
  • The right-hander hadn’t pitched in a big league game since mid-April.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • That was the last big league season without a Wild Card.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The injury was exactly what big league teams and their fans fear the most about the WBC.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Manuel was a part-time player for six big league seasons with the Twins and Dodgers.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The fan who threw the ball was banned for life from attending big league games.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 19 July 2021
  • The 26-year-old prospect made his big league debut Friday in an 8-6 loss to the White Sox.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That’s a very normal course of events in big league baseball.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Walden has long dreamed of raising funds to build a field that could host big league teams in Cairo.
    — Paul Newberry, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Judge missed the first pitch, then took four balls for the first walk-off RBI of any kind in his big league career.
    — Ronald Blum, courant.com, 23 May 2021
  • Of the 27 high schoolers, 11 never appeared in a big league game.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 July 2021
  • This will be his 11th big league team in a 17-season career.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • In one of his best big league starts yet, Gonsolin had buried the Braves with his six-inning gem.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • That seems to be an apt description through his first two big league starts.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Crouse made his big league debut at the end of the season and got some extra work in the Arizona Fall League.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2022
  • But 15 days must elapse before he can be restored to the big league roster.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Bruce Bochy was just starting out as a big league manager with the 1995 Padres.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The Reds also called back prospect Jared Solomon, who made his big league debut last week.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 12 May 2022
  • Luis Gil, who had been so stellar in his first three big league starts, wasn’t able to get out of the fifth inning.
    — courant.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The dream though, getting to that big league field if even for one game, was worth more than any dollar signs.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2021
  • Kennedy slapped a single through the right side of the infield in the bottom of the fifth inning for his first career big league hit.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022
  • Still, the Sox have been thrilled with what Sale has provided in his first two big league starts in two full years.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Friday, Lawrence Butler, one of the club’s top prospects, made his big league debut.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Martinez will enter his 13th big league season, and the Dodgers hope there is some life left in his bat.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Hale, who has been a big league coach for 20 years, got to know Jeter during his career with the Yankees.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The shortcomings of the A’s farm system is one of the main reasons for the impending breakup of their big league club.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Marte made his big league debut in 2012 with Pittsburgh.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 27 Nov. 2021
  • But Buehler, who went 23 months between big league starts, was not in the mood for moral victories.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • Advertisement As a member of the Rays, Rosario was putting together one of his best big league seasons.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
  • Sunday was likely his last time seeing a big league game inside the stadium.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024

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