The main benefit is the thrill of being a major-league city. From Wordnik.com. [Fields Of Schemes] Reference
WAM is so quick, in fact, it can grab a major-league fastball. From Wordnik.com. [Catch This] Reference
Paul Hopkins, the oldest former major-league player, died at 99. From Wordnik.com. [2004: A YEAR FOR WITCHES] Reference
Two major-league organizations have contacted her, Borders says. From Wordnik.com. [Throwing A Curve Ball] Reference
Should major-league front offices start talking more to scientists?. From Wordnik.com. [Southpaw’s Revenge] Reference
But intense major-league interest might lead the Hawks to post him. From Wordnik.com. [Who's The New Ichiro?] Reference
Acting like big leaguers, though, can bring on major-league problems. From Wordnik.com. [NOT JUST PEANUTS] Reference
Giambi's name alone should be enough to send major-league baseball reeling. From Wordnik.com. [HIGH AND INSIDE] Reference
(In the NFL, the figure is 7 percent; in major-league baseball, 4 percent.). From Wordnik.com. [Business As Usual] Reference
Each year, more than 79 million people attend a major-league baseball game. From Wordnik.com. [Not Just Greener Grass] Reference
Says one buyer at archrival Bloomingdale's: "It was a major-league chuckle.". From Wordnik.com. [Wanted: A Miracle On 34Th St,] Reference
They didn't understand how hard it was to learn to be a major-league pitcher. From Wordnik.com. ['Passion In Every Pitch'] Reference
My partner was my younger brother Bill, another former major-league ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn: The 'Iron Man' of Business] Reference
It was at a time when he had become the consummate major-league professional ballplayer. From Wordnik.com. [Milestone] Reference
He got his first major-league hit in his first at-bat, off Nolan Ryan, who was not amused. From Wordnik.com. [Alomar In Context] Reference
But in the past few years, genealogy has gone from spectator sport to major-league passion. From Wordnik.com. [Roots Network] Reference
For such a long and rancorous dispute, the major-league baseball strike is remarkably decorous. From Wordnik.com. [One Strike And They're Out] Reference
Wood tied a major-league record by striking out 20 in a game against the Houston Astros last week. "". From Wordnik.com. [Perspectives] Reference
George W. 's one successful business venture was as the owner of the Texas Rangers, a major-league team. From Wordnik.com. [The Football Election] Reference
While Nomo was a sensation of major-league baseball the past season, Bross became the expat star of Japan. From Wordnik.com. [Meanwhile, On The Mound In Tokyo...] Reference
And Steve Howe is pitching for the Yankees despite a major-league record of seven drug-related suspensions. From Wordnik.com. [One More Time At Bat] Reference
Second, in an age of celebrity spokespeople, hiring Casey might have helped head off this major-league debacle. From Wordnik.com. [Can't Anyone Here Play This Game?] Reference
Like other pro sports, major-league baseball has fallen prey to money troubles, but baseball's are far worse than most. From Wordnik.com. [Play Ball!] Reference
McCrae, manager of the Kansas City Royals, now joins the Toronto Blue Jays 'Cito Gaston as one of two major-league pilots. From Wordnik.com. [Business As Usual] Reference
The differential between his ERA (1.98) and the composite major-league ERA (4.19) is the widest ever over a four-year span. From Wordnik.com. [Mastery On The Mound] Reference
AT PEDRO MARTINEZ'S first major-league spring training, the scrawny young Dominican was sometimes mistaken for the team batboy. From Wordnik.com. ['Passion In Every Pitch'] Reference
From Tampa to Seattle, franchises are demanding that the pub - lie ante up big for the privilege of hosting major-league teams. From Wordnik.com. [Fields Of Schemes] Reference
Not long ago, the biggest show on cable was like a triple-A batting champ -- a winner of sorts, but hardly a major-league player. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Sopranos Sing] Reference
In Costa Rica, where he worked out for many major-league clubs after escaping, a lot of scouts considered him a mediocre prospect. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Odyssey] Reference
"They don't want some politician out there in their midst trying to hog camera time," explained the former major-league team owner. From Wordnik.com. [First Brush With History] Reference
It is hard to imagine any fans continuing to support, at major-league prices, bad teams with no prospects of significant improvement. From Wordnik.com. [A One In A Million Year] Reference
Since we last convened for the opening of a major-league baseball season, there have been many remarkable doings both on and off the field. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Baseball Season] Reference
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