Below you will find example sentences with "minor league". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Minor League in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: minor
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "minor league" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as af2 the minor league organization of, continuing its minor league status, baseball, major and teams stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with premier league, champions league and minor injuries, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with minor league
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Minor league teams Many minor league teams also call Illinois their home. (12 words)
The greedy bastards who run major league baseball have executed a hostile takeover of minor league baseball. (17 words)
Mike was president of the Miami Miracle, the only minor league team without big-league affiliation, in 1991. (18 words)
Fermanagh have been drawn in Section A for the Ulster Minor League where they will take on Donegal, Tyrone, Cavan and Sligo and McElroy knows that his side will face some stern tests in the league. (36 words)
After playing as a defensive lineman at Brown University, Develin joined the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League and Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of AF2 -- the minor league organization of the Arena Football League. (35 words)
Major League Baseball is raising the minimum salary for minor league players in 2021, according to a memo sent Friday from the commissioner’s office to all 30 teams and obtained by The Associated Press. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Expedition League President Steve Wagner says the league is summer collegiate league is similar to a minor league baseball experience.
Meanwhile, Minor League teams like the Quad Cities River Bandits are waiting on MLB to determine the future of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season.
Minor league teams Many minor league teams also call Illinois their home.
After playing as a defensive lineman at Brown University, Develin joined the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League and Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of AF2 -- the minor league organization of the Arena Football League.
Business was so good that promoter Abe Saperstein (famous for the Harlem Globetrotters ) started a new circuit, the Negro Midwest League, a minor league similar to the Negro Southern League.
San Jose was a founding member of both the California League and Pacific Coast League in minor league baseball.
The team moved to Cleveland in 1900, changing its name to the Cleveland Lake Shores; the Western League itself changed its name to the American League (AL) while continuing its minor league status.
Attendance at games held under the Minor League Baseball umbrella also set a record in 2007, with 42.8 million; this figure does not include attendance at games of the several independent minor leagues.
Fermanagh have been drawn in Section A for the Ulster Minor League where they will take on Donegal, Tyrone, Cavan and Sligo and McElroy knows that his side will face some stern tests in the league.
The Mets added to their outfield options by signing Taylor Kohlwey to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training, the club announced Friday.
Dating back to the World League of American Football (which the NFL debuted in 1991), this spring-football minor league created important development opportunities for players, coaches, executives, officials, everyone.
Minor league call-up Tanner Gordon made the start first major league spring training start of his career and pitched two scoreless innings, striking out two.
The Pirates also officially announced Monday that they signed veteran right-handed starter Chase Anderson to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training.
But because of the coronavirus pandemic, Minor League Baseball postponed the season indefinitely, following in the footsteps of Major League Baseball.
Interestingly, a contraction of minor league teams is something Major League Baseball has been seeking for 2021 – not half of the franchises, but 25 percent cut that could affect about 40 franchises.
Major League Baseball is raising the minimum salary for minor league players in 2021, according to a memo sent Friday from the commissioner’s office to all 30 teams and obtained by The Associated Press.
Mike was president of the Miami Miracle, the only minor league team without big-league affiliation, in 1991.
The greedy bastards who run major league baseball have executed a hostile takeover of minor league baseball.
Unlike their big league brothers, minor league baseball teams are funded largely by the money generated on game days — from ticket sales to stadium advertising and everything in between.
Additionally, Schumer noted, the minor league restructuring presents the potential elimination of the New York-Penn League, which he strongly urged MLB to reconsider.