The definitions set forth in this Rule 60 shall apply to the following terms as they are used in the Major League Constitution, the Major League Rules and all documents incorporated into or appended to the Major League Constitution and Major League Rules.
(a) The term "Major League" shall refer to the American League and the National League and any other professional baseball league that is recognized as a Major League under the Major League Constitution.
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(t) The term “Winter League” shall refer to a professional baseball league outside the United States and Canada that plays a schedule of games that begins after August 31 and concludes before the start of the next championship season and that the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee recognizes as a Winter League. Winter Leagues are not Minor Leagues within the meaning of the Major League Rules. Winter League Clubs are not Minor League Clubs within the meaning of the Major League Rules.
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