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title: "22 Minor League Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Minor League quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Minor League sayings and thoughts."
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> [Have never been a minor league fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella/have-never-been-a-minor-league-fan/)

[W. P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella/)

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> [You Be On That Minor League I Smoke Professionally!!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-be-on-that-minor-league-i-smoke-professionally/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/anonymous-1_baseball_you-be-on-that-minor-league-i-smoke-prof_3182469.jpg)

> [At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-quade/at-the-minor-league-and-major-league-level-you-know-how-important/)

[Mike Quade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-quade/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/mike-quade-30763_bigs_at-the-minor-league-and-major-league-lev_1261630.png)

> [But overall I've always learned to play well in the sandbox with the people I'm working with. I think that's my minor-league…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-maddon/but-overall-i-ve-always-learned-to-play-well-in-the-sandbox-with-the/)

[Joe Maddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-maddon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/joe-maddon-3171_always_but-overall-i-ve-always-learned-to-play_2799985.png)

> [When I was growing up, I always had the dream of being an analyst for a minor league baseball team or something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carville/when-i-was-growing-up-i-always-had-the-dream-of-being-an-analyst-for/)

[James Carville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/james-carville-2521_always_when-i-was-growing-up-i-always-had-the-d_732893.png)

> [In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-uecker/in-1962-i-was-named-minor-league-player-of-the-year-it-was-my-second/)

[Bob Uecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-uecker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/bob-uecker-12322_baseball_in-1962-i-was-named-minor-league-player_844127.jpg)

> [You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year...unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-uecker/you-know-i-was-once-named-minor-league-player-of-the-year/)

[Bob Uecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-uecker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/bob-uecker-12322_baseball_you-know-i-was-once-named-minor-league-p_376910.jpg)

> [One of the first things I learned from veteran teammates - as a minor league player in the Detroit Tigers organization -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabe-kapler/one-of-the-first-things-i-learned-from-veteran-teammates-as-a-minor/)

[Gabe Kapler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabe-kapler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/gabe-kapler-5363_baseball_one-of-the-first-things-i-learned-from-v_218287.png)

> [After a Double-A season in which I was named Minor League Player of the Year by several publications, I grabbed some positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabe-kapler/after-a-double-a-season-in-which-i-was-named-minor-league-player-of/)

[Gabe Kapler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabe-kapler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/gabe-kapler-5363_attention_after-a-double-a-season-in-which-i-was-n_2873963.jpg)

> [I think about my dad and how tough he had it. They treated us a lot better in our minor league system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-bellinger/i-think-about-my-dad-and-how-tough-he-had-it-they-treated-us-a-lot/)

[Cody Bellinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-bellinger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/cody-bellinger-7402_better_i-think-about-my-dad-and-how-tough-he-ha_2138628.jpg)

> [You can't say it's good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big league players on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/you-can-t-say-it-s-good-when-guys-out-there-are-signing-minor-league/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/j-d-martinez-6676_big_you-can-t-say-it-s-good-when-guys-out-th_2087891.jpg)

> [My minor-league numbers aren't very good, but the minor leagues, to me, is very much a showcase for your stuff and being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-fried/my-minor-league-numbers-aren-t-very-good-but-the-minor-leagues-to-me/)

[Max Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-fried/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/max-fried-6017_being_my-minor-league-numbers-aren-t-very-good_2075097.jpg)

> [To convert college sports into professional sports would be tantamount to converting it into minor league sports. And we know that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-emmert/to-convert-college-sports-into-professional-sports-would-be/)

[Mark Emmert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-emmert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/mark-emmert-62885_college_to-convert-college-sports-into-professio_1285221.png)

> [Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-evans/minor-league-umpires-are-evaluated-in-their-respective-leagues-each/)

[Jim Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-evans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/jim-evans-21292_baseball_minor-league-umpires-are-evaluated-in-th_1045950.png)

> [When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-schoendienst/when-there-were-just-eight-teams-in-each-of-the-big-leagues-i-was/)

[Red Schoendienst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-schoendienst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/red-schoendienst-41023_always_when-there-were-just-eight-teams-in-each_982922.jpg)

> [Major League Baseball has the best idea of all. Three years before they'll take a kid out of college, then they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-knight/major-league-baseball-has-the-best-idea-of-all-three-years-before/)

[Bobby Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-knight/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/bobby-knight-2680_baseball_major-league-baseball-has-the-best-idea_575230.png)

> [For generations, minor-league baseball has been seen as the scrappier, sometimes seedier, counterpart to its big-league sibling. Games are often cloaked in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-pilon/for-generations-minor-league-baseball-has-been-seen-as-the-scrappier/)

[Mary Pilon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-pilon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/mary-pilon-6351_baseball_for-generations-minor-league-baseball-ha_1442544.jpg)

> [“We were a minor league team that didn't feed into any majors, in a town that loved just about every sport but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-wells/we-were-a-minor-league-team-that-didn-t-feed-into-any-majors-in-a/)

[Dan Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-wells/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/dan-wells-2142_hockey_we-were-a-minor-league-team-that-didn-t_2045000.jpg)

> [I can remember going to see the minor league Orioles. Until I was 15 years old, we'd go down with 3,000 people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/i-can-remember-going-to-see-the-minor-league-orioles-until-i-was-15/)

[Frank Deford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-deford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/frank-deford-3856_city_i-can-remember-going-to-see-the-minor-le_629934.jpg)

> [I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-cooney/i-am-involved-in-minor-league-baseball-i-go-around-the-country/)

[Gerry Cooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-cooney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/gerry-cooney-20863_attention_i-am-involved-in-minor-league-baseball-i_719677.jpg)

> [Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-evans/umpires-like-players-are-expected-to-show-constant-improvement-each/)

[Jim Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-evans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/jim-evans-21292_baseball_umpires-like-players-are-expected-to-sho_842873.png)

> [When I was coming up through the minors, the Braves believed in taking their time, letting kids mature - and succeed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chipper-jones/when-i-was-coming-up-through-the-minors-the-braves-believed-in-taking/)

[Chipper Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chipper-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/chipper-jones-5124_baseball_when-i-was-coming-up-through-the-minors_2821654.png)

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