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Where everyone's talented, so talent stops being the thing that saves you.
means The highest, most competitive tier of a profession or pursuit, where only serious players survive.
from Rooted in American baseball slang from the late 1800s, where 'league' meant a grouping of teams by caliber — the 'big' leagues (major leagues) were the top-tier clubs, as opposed to the 'bush' or 'minor' leagues. By the early 1900s the phrase had already leapt the ballpark fence into general English, used for any high-stakes, high-skill arena — business, politics, crime, art — anywhere amateurs get quietly weeded out.
- origin
- baseball slang for the major leagues
- myth
- making it isn't the hard part, staying is
- real test
- competence is the entry fee, not the edge