Words matter. These are the best Minor League Quotes from famous people such as Cody Bellinger, J. D. Martinez, James Carville, Ryne Sandberg, Jim Evans, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I think about my dad and how tough he had it. They treated us a lot better in our minor league system, especially with the food. But the bus rides were no joke.
You can’t say it’s good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big league players on 80 percent of the teams, but why would a team sign a player when you can pay dirt, and they’re not going to win anyway?
When I was growing up, I always had the dream of being an analyst for a minor league baseball team or something like that.
Football, I thought, would be a tough sport to make a living in. There is no minor league. You either make it to the NFL or you don’t.
Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to handle situations are probably the two biggest problems that minor league umpires face.
After a Double-A season in which I was named Minor League Player of the Year by several publications, I grabbed some positive media attention. Being the emotional, entrepreneurial capitalist that I was, I decided to try to strike and start an online fan club.
I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they’ll need to really pay attention to it.
Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions.
Athletes who take to the classroom naturally or are encouraged to focus on grades should be able to do well in the classroom. I believe the reason you go to college is to get your degree. It’s not a minor league or an audition for the pros.
You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
I suspect the real reason the N.F.L. and N.B.A. don’t want high schoolers and college underclassmen to play with their ball is that they don’t want to jeopardize their relationship with National Collegiate Athletic Association, which serves as a sort of free minor league and unpaid promotional department for the pros.
I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I’m very satisfied with the schedule it allows me to have, which means I’m home until my kids go off to college. I value that time.
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
If you look at poker as a sport like baseball, then I’d be maybe a minor league or high school ballplayer. But I play with T-ballers.
