I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
It's a blessing from God, to be here in the big leagues and play baseball like I have. — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare! — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues. — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed being able to get my first home run in the big leagues. — Ronald Acuna Jr Copy Share Image
The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues. — Brian Roberts Copy Share Image
I expected to be in the big leagues soon. I didn't know exactly how soon, but I wanted to be here soon,… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do.… — Buck Leonard Copy Share Image
I feel like I've been able to adapt to the pitches in the big leagues. That's what you have to do. That's… — Ronald Acuna Jr Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a player, but I never had the talent to make the big leagues. So I did the… — Charlie Finley Copy Share Image
If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I… — Matt Kemp Copy Share Image
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues. — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
Whether you've got one year in the big leagues or you've got 15, I feel like you're always learning something, trying to… — Max Fried Copy Share Image
You can say baseball's fun, you're in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day -… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
Marlins Park is what I call my office in Miami, because I work for the Venezuelan Museum of Baseball and Hall of… — Juan Pablo Galavis Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you just hope you make it to the big leagues. So to get to go say you're going… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
I was trying to establish myself in the big leagues and trying to find ways to stick. If my team won the… — Max Fried Copy Share Image
When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but… — Red Schoendienst Copy Share Image
A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit… — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
I hated baseball. I really didn't like baseball at all until someone decided they were going to pay me... Every year I… — John Kruk Copy Share Image
You never go into a season thinking you're going to strike out 200 guys or that you would have the most double-digit… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
Typically, it takes young players years to adjust to life in the big leagues and to start performing up to their capabilities.… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down — Dennis Eckersley Copy Share Image
There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part. — David Wright Copy Share Image
I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers. — Billy Butler Copy Share Image
If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know… — Joe DiMaggio Copy Share Image
This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature. — Evan Longoria Copy Share Image
There's a lot of variables you can't control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
I promised myself a few years ago that if I ever got to manage winter ball again or in the minor leagues… — Alex Cora Copy Share Image
Growing up, you think about playing in the big leagues one day. But to this scale, and winning a World Series in… — Anthony Rendon Copy Share Image
I'm not the fastest runner, I have no power, I'm a .247 hitter in the big leagues, but for some reason, I'm… — Alex Cora Copy Share Image
Every kid in America dreams of playing in the big leagues and they don't, just because. It's not because they blew out… — Marc Blucas Copy Share Image
I told myself that if I ever make it to the big leagues that I would be the one to appreciate the… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
Getting called up my rookie year, it was because I could come up and play defense in the big leagues right away.… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
When you get to the big leagues, you need to take potential and turn it into performance. You want to be the… — Travis Hafner Copy Share Image
You're so excited to be in the big leagues the first couple of years, you concentrate on establishing yourself and doing anything… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
