Proper noun
National League
(baseball) The older of the two professional baseball leagues within Major League Baseball.
You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain't stopped him in 15 years. Yogi Berra
The American League must be that fountain of youth they talk about. A lot of National League pitchers did pretty good in the American League this year. Roberto Clemente
Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing. Ron Blomberg
They've been knocking me down all season in the National League and I've still gotten my share of base hits. Roberto Clemente
Willingham, waiting in the batters box, Wagner ready, the 1–0 pitch, swing and fly ball to left, Floyd under it, he's there, put it in the books, The New York Mets have won the 2006 National League Eastern Division Championship and the party is under way. Howie Rose
To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another. A. Bartlett Giamatti