major league

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His favorite major league team, the San Francisco Giants, beat the Dodgers twice this week with great pitching.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

All of his first five starts have been quality starts; no other major league pitcher has more than four.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Garret Anderson was a Hall of Fame-caliber major league baseball player who never made the Hall of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

And, if the Dodgers can match up with Team USA, they can take on the best lineup the other 29 major league teams have to offer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The cutoff date for almost all nonschool baseball leagues in the United States is July 31, with the result that more major league players are born in August than in any other month.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell