Total of ten baseball teams I catch in US city (6)
I believe the answer is:
ninety
'total of ten baseball teams' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'i catch in us city' is the wordplay.
'catch' becomes 'net' (net can mean to catch).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'us city' becomes 'NY' (short for New York).
'i'+'net'='inet'
'inet' inserted inside 'ny' is 'NINETY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ninety that I've seen before include "6 x 3 x 5" , "Excellent percentage score" , "nearly a ton" , "high number" , "Cardinal" .)