big league
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"Anytime you hear about big league, big golfers, that also includes big prices," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
O'Neill described the interest in both players as "disappointing" but "to be expected", adding that it is "difficult to stop people if their ambition is to play in a big, big league".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Burke came out in 1982, three years after playing his 225th and final big league game, in an Inside Sports article, “The Double Life of a Gay Dodger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The middle infielder enters his 13th and final big league season with a total of 57 home runs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Berg had been a mediocre ballplayer at best, hitting .243 over fifteen big league seasons as a backup catcher.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
California, however, has proved to be a heaven on earth for big-league moneymakers — billionaires, in modern-day dollars — for almost as far back as there were fortunes to be made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
“He wanted to be an inspiration,” added Mike Scioscia, Pride’s final big-league manager with the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
For those qualified to work at a big-league tech shop, plenty of other compelling opportunities likely await, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Matt Wilkinson, a 250-pound left-hander with a throwback nickname, defied the odds to make his big-league debut on Wednesday for the San Francisco Giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Red Gap itself was mad about it last winter, when it got a taste of the big-league stuff.
From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson
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