baseball club
Definition
Noun: 1. A professional baseball team: An organization consisting of professional baseball players who compete together in a league. The term specifically refers to the team as a unit that plays games, often traveling for away games and hosting games at its home stadium.
Usage
The term "baseball club" is used to refer to the team entity itself, particularly in professional contexts. It emphasizes the organization and its collective activity of playing a schedule of games. * The city celebrated when the new baseball club won the championship. * He manages the finances for the entire baseball club.
Advanced Usage
- "Club" as an organizational entity: In this context, "club" implies more than just the players; it can encompass the management, coaching staff, and the franchise as a business operation.
- The baseball club is investing in a new training facility for its players.
Variants and Related Words
- Ball club (n): An informal synonym for "baseball club" or "baseball team."
- He's been with the same ball club for ten years.
- Team (n): A more general word for a group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.
- Franchise (n): Often used in a business context to refer to the entire sports organization, including its right to operate in a league.
Synonyms
- Baseball team: The most direct and common synonym.
- Squad: Can be used, though it sometimes refers more specifically to the group of players available for selection.
Related Phrases
- Major League club: Specifies a club that is part of Major League Baseball (MLB).
- He dreamed of pitching for a Major League club.
- Home club: The club that is hosting a game at its own stadium.
- The home club wears its white uniforms.
Noun
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a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
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each club played six home games with teams in its own division
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