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National League

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noun

  1. the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. N.L.


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The Dodgers are one loss from an abrupt ending to their season, and from a National League Championship Series sweep by the Milwaukee Brewers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

They entered Thursday holding a commanding 3-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, sitting one win away from reaching the World Series for the first time since 1982.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Milwaukee Brewers have bested all three in the National League Championship Series, reaching Snell for the only three home runs he’s given up this season in a 6-2 win in Game 3 on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

At the All-Star break, just after his 32nd birthday, Ohtani had the second-highest on-base-plus-slugging percentage in the National League at .952, to go along with his 22 homers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The sixteen-page weekly paper set up its office in New York City in the same building where the Women’s Loyal National League had once rented space.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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