Spain, conscious of being one of the bigs, may also be wary of more integration.

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Especially for Kingrey, who actually made more money playing one video game than Halladay does for pitching a game in the Bigs.

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"One thing he always told me is be able to get into the lane and finish around the bigs, " Corey Hawkins said.

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He played 12 years for the minor-league squads of the Cardinals, Pirates and Orioles, and never saw a game in the bigs.

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When you get to the bigs, you want to be successful.

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That team gets an exciting hotshot for a year, the parent club saves money on his salary and the prize prospect gets a year to develop in the bigs.

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This cleavage between the "bigs" and "smalls" is particularly important when it comes to security policy.

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The number of Mr. Bigs boarding their own magic carpets now equals one-third of all the premium-fare-paying passengers using the U.S. airline system.

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"We were pretty effective wearing down their bigs, especially late in the game, " Howard said.

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On the other hand, one might also want to consider that in September, Baidu's music accessibility got slammed by a quadumvirate of Warner Music Group, Vivendi Universal 's Universal Music Group, EMI Group and Sony BMG (half-owned by Sony), which all filed suits against the Chinese e-commerce firm (see: " Bronfman Leads Music Bigs In Baidu Piracy Lawsuit").

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