Definition

1. Noun:
   • A league of baseball teams: An organized group of professional or amateur baseball clubs that compete against each other according to a scheduled set of games, typically within a structured division or tier.

Usage

• The term "baseball league" refers specifically to the collective organization itself, which governs competition, sets schedules, and may crown a champion.
• It is a compound noun where "baseball" specifies the type of sport and "league" indicates the organized competitive structure.

Examples

• Noun:
  • He dreams of playing in a major baseball league.
  • The city's team joined the new regional baseball league.
  • The baseball league announced changes to its playoff format.

Advanced Usage

• "to form a baseball league": to create and organize such a group of teams.
  • The community decided to form a baseball league for teenagers.
• "league play": referring to the scheduled games within the league structure.
  • Their performance during league play earned them a top seed.

Variants and Related Words

• League (n): A collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for a particular purpose, typically mutual protection or cooperation. In sports, it denotes a group of teams competing against each other.
• Major League Baseball (MLB) (n): A specific, prominent professional baseball league in North America.
• Minor league (n): A professional sports league, especially in baseball, that is of a lower standard than the major leagues.
• Baseball (n): A ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases.

Synonyms

• Circuit: A group of sports teams that compete in a series of games at different venues.
• Conference: A division within a larger sports league or an association of teams.
• Association: A group of teams organized for a joint purpose, such as competition.

Related Phrases

• "out of the league": An idiom meaning vastly superior or inferior in quality or ability (often used in broader contexts beyond sports).
  • As a beginner, I felt I was out of my league playing with professionals.
• "big league" (adj/n): Pertaining to the highest level of professional competition, especially in baseball (the major leagues); used figuratively to mean important or prestigious.
  • Signing that contract was his big league break.

Noun

1. a league of baseball teams