In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play big-league baseball. From LearnThat.org. ['Columbia Encyclopedia (sixth edition)]
This is what big-league politics is about these days. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2008] Reference
All big-league stadiums have a few new palate pleasers. From Wordnik.com. [Food: Quit Crowding The Plate] Reference
But the big-league politicos were swinging the hardest. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2007] Reference
WHITFIELD: And another big-league endorsement minutes away. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2008] Reference
Labor-management problems are as old as big-league baseball. From Wordnik.com. [How It All Started...] Reference
You may get minor-league hopefuls trying on big-league uniforms. From Wordnik.com. [SPORTS: THE BOYS OF SPRING] Reference
I saw my first big-league ballgame at Yankee Stadium around 1970. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering a Stadium Long Gone] Reference
By the mid-1920s, top big-league batters were routinely besting that total. From Wordnik.com. [Will Athletic Records Ever Stop Tumbling?] Reference
It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Pallotta: Re-Thinking Charity, Re-Printed from Harvard Business Review] Reference
If you want to play in the big leagues, you've got to hit big-league pitching. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2008] Reference
Other cities thought: Why not us -- why shouldn't we have big-league baseball?. From Wordnik.com. [A League of His Own] Reference
Both figures rank only behind Ian Kinsler of Texas among big-league second basemen. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball's Hidden Gems] Reference
What troubles him is exactly what troubles U.S. big-league managers: kids these days. From Wordnik.com. [Commie Ball: A Journey to the End of a Revolution] Reference
But if they're going to play big-league politics, they have got to expect some razzing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2008] Reference
For others, it's a first taste of what will be a long and successful big-league career. From Wordnik.com. [Wait 'Til Next March: A Spring Training Fan's Lament] Reference
We children knew the plays as well as our peers knew the big-league batting averages. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare]
So you want to hang around with big-league ballplayers, but don't want to pay for tickets?. From Wordnik.com. [Disabled Lists Weren't Always This Crowded] Reference
He appeared in only eight big-league games, though his 0-0 record doesn't even reflect that. From Wordnik.com. [Meanwhile, On The Mound In Tokyo...] Reference
In big-league publishing, the best way to bring out the handkerchiefs is to go wide and deep. From Wordnik.com. [Times Editor's Flashy Book Proposal Lands $850,000 Deal] Reference
Also, they were baseball buddies who met back in little league and then went on to big-league crime. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2006] Reference
A decade ago you pretty much had to be a big-league or Olympic athlete to have your own chemical guru. From Wordnik.com. [Antiaging Clinics Are Gaining in Popularity] Reference
All big-league coaches and general managers dance on a razor's edge, but nowhere more than in the NFL. From Wordnik.com. [Inside the Mind of Mike Shanahan] Reference
We want to mount a big-league season of tennis leading up to, and linked directly to, the championship. From Wordnik.com. ['The Early Stages Of A Resurgence'] Reference
"I wasn't even in big-league camp, and the lefties he had in spring weren't throwing strikes," he said. From Wordnik.com. [An Invaluable Pickup] Reference
True believers, fashion followers, tribal creatures-it takes all kinds to make a big-league aficionado. From Wordnik.com. [My Tribe Can Beat Your Tribe] Reference
Among the questions was whether the player's adviser had direct communication with the big-league club. From Wordnik.com. [Arn Tellem: Advice and Constraint] Reference
STEVEN ALLEN, HOST: The big-league teams are all at their spring training headquarters around the country. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2003] Reference
From 2002 until 2007, he was a big-league heartthrob whose poster adorned the walls of many a teenage girl. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: The Surprising and Unfair Cinematic Demise of Orlando Bloom] Reference
The enticingly named Josh Outman, 24, goes third, bringing all 26 of his big-league innings to the rotation. From Wordnik.com. [For Oakland's Rotation, Green Is a Suitable Color] Reference
Wang Chien-ming For the record, the first big-league game on Chinese soil is called a tie after nine innings. From Wordnik.com. [Play Ball!] Reference
These guys hang onto their jobs, too; on average, there's only one opening for a new big-league ump each season. From Wordnik.com. [An Unofficial Guide to Life as a Ref] Reference
He struck out four, walked just three, and even drove in a run on his first big-league hit, a second-inning single. From Wordnik.com. [Mets 4, Nationals 1] Reference
I know we have had calls for patriots to arm themselves and take to the streets before, but this is big-league stuff!. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
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