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minor-league

[mahy-ner leeg] / ˈmaɪ nər ˈlig /


NOUN
professional sports team not belonging to the major league
Synonyms


minor league
NOUN
professional sports team not belonging to the major league
Synonyms


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Tyler Glasnow is scheduled to make one more minor-league start, consisting of five innings and 75 pitches.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

“The game tends to humble everybody,” Cardinals minor-league hitting coordinator Brock Hammit said, “and he got humbled.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

But until then, it hadn’t bothered him all season, minor-league rehab stints included.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

He’s scheduled to throw one more live BP session before going out on a minor-league rehab assignment, Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

It was only a good stakes race at a minor-league track, but it might as well have been the hundred-grander.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Sports teams, including minor league hockey team the San Diego Gulls, play at the Pechanga Arena.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The latter company would also include the Hartford Wolf Pack, a minor league ice hockey team, and MSG Training Center in Westchester County.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Here’s a new one: If minor league baseball is all about affordability, how do you compete against a nearby major league team that might undercut you on pricing?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

A minor league team plans to launch in Irvine next year, and the entrepreneur behind it is pitching it as a way to provide fans with a taste of Asian baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

He found a job working twenty to thirty hours per week, earning $8.50 an hour, for the Salt Lake Bees, a minor league baseball team.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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