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BIGS [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

The highest echelon of professional baseball, comprising the National and American leagues, each of which is broken down into an East and West division.

OBS

In contexts where the terms apply to the National League and the American League combined, each league could be called a baseball major league or a big league.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

L'ensemble que constituent les deux ligues de baseball majeur, soit la Ligue nationale et la Ligue américaine qui comprennent, chacune, une division Est et une division Ouest.

Spanish

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