bonus baby

bonus baby
 n.β€” Β«Al, who signed with the Tigers in 1953, was what was then known in baseball as a “bonus baby.” As a result, he came straight to the big leagues out of high school when he was 18.Β» β€”β€œBig day for Kalines” by Jim Hawkins in Lakeland, Florida Daily Tribune (Royal Oak, Michigan) Feb. 27, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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