Top Baseball Franchises

franchises
A business or service given such authorization to operate
An authorization given by a league to own a sports team
(franchise) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
(franchise) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
grant a franchise to
An authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, e.g., providing a broadcasting service or acting as an agent for a company's products

baseball
A ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases. It is played chiefly in the US, Canada, Latin America, and East Asia
The hard ball used in this game
a ball used in playing baseball
Baseball was the first-ever baseball computer game, and was created on a PDP-10 mainframe computer at Pomona College in 1971 by student Don Daglow. The game (actually spelled BASBAL due to the 6-character file name length restrictions) continued to be enhanced periodically through 1976.
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

top
Exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than
Be at the highest place or rank in (a list, poll, chart, or league)
Be taller than
exceed: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"
top(a): situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf"