National League

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

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How to use National League in a sentence

Currently, they hold a half-game lead over the struggling San Diego Padres for the second National League wild-card spot.
The Resurgence Of Joey Votto|Brian Menéndez|September 3, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
She also controlled for the difference in moving from the American League to the National League versus from the National League to the American League.
Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 18, 2021|Freakonomics
Soto, 22, was one of the league’s best hitters and won the National League batting title.
As MLB arbitration deadline nears, Nats contend with increasingly odd process|Jesse Dougherty|January 13, 2021|Washington Post
Bauer, the National League recipient, became the first Cincinnati Reds pitcher to take home the honor.
Reds’ Trevor Bauer, Indians’ Shane Bieber capture Cy Young awards|Jesse Dougherty|November 12, 2020|Washington Post

The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Opening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
We were still one league and a half from the island when the twilight ended and night came on.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various