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To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time. -- Tony La Russa
I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves. -- Barry Bonds
When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about. -- Joe Morgan
I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate. -- Willie McCovey
The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot. -- Bruce Sutter
There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable. -- Earl Weaver
Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street! -- Joe Garagiola
I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves -- Barry Bonds
Anyone with talent can play in the Major Leagues; for someone like me to stay around as long as I did, I think that's a much greater acheivement. -- Bob Uecker
Baseball in Canada is like soccer in the U.S. It is growing, and some people are starting to gain interest. The way that there are Americans playing high-level soccer, there are Canadians breaking into the Major Leagues. -- Joey Votto
When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues. -- Tommy Lasorda
I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible. -- Darrell Hammond
Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen. -- Bert Campaneris
I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors. -- Simon Sinek
Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle. -- George Brett
I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues. -- Doug Harvey
I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.' -- Buck Leonard
I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues. -- Cheech Marin
If some guys couldn't stand the heat, then they didn't belong in the major leagues. I don't know anybody who refused the World Series checks I helped them get. -- Dick Williams
I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job. -- Nolan Ryan
My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues. -- Robin Yount
But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world. -- John Thorn
I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame. -- Ray Dandridge
All of a sudden I'm in the major leagues and we're traveling from town to town. I see the other players dressing different every day. I've got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I'm really embarrassed. -- Al Kaline
I started in for the ball but I just couldn't get it. I should have caught it because I was used to catching everything on the sandlots. But they hit the ball a lot harder in the major leagues and I just couldn't reach the ball this time. -- Al Kaline
I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do. -- Bobby Cox
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league. -- Walter Dean Myers
I'm just enjoying playing baseball in the major leagues. -- Matt Holliday
Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues. -- Bob Feller
Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard. -- Bill James
I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues. -- Bengie Molina
Whether you're playing in the minor leagues or major-league divisions, wherever you are, it's always nice to be recognized as an All-Star. -- Gaby Sanchez
Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball. -- Jim Evans
Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes -- Curt Flood
There's a lot of disrespect in the major leagues. I believe that the disrespect in the major leagues is at a high rate and is really bad for the gam -- Bengie Molina
I had a .200 lifetime batting average in the major leagues, which tied me with another sports great averaging 200 or better for a ten-year period: Don Carter, one of our top bowlers. -- Bob Uecker
As an american, you're born aiming so high - boys want to play in the major leagues, girls want to be princesses. We're cultivating little champions. It's like the land of little champions. -- Steven Conrad

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