Full Quote by Gabe Kapler

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played -…

— Alvin Dark

It's not very wise to keep a player who has just one year left on his contract and really wants to leave.

— Jupp Heynckes

It seems the baseball player of today will not be satisfied until he plays two weeks in the big league and is able to…

— Joe Garagiola

Good players go into a season without a contract for the next year.

— Joe Maddon

It is said in sporting circles that great players leave the game a year too early rather than a year too late.

— Rudolph Straeuli

Baseball players tend to have something like 20 good years in them and then around their mid-thirties they aren't in the same shape as…

— Michael Cera

Our careers are only but so many years, so when you have to wipe out an entire season basically because of injury it's kind…

— Jason McCourty

For MLB players, sitting around aimlessly waiting to heal is never a good idea.

— Gabe Kapler

Contract year isn't what everyone else talks about. For a player, it's just another year in the league.

— Devin McCourty

Not many guys are on a professional baseball roster, but have an ability to pursue another professional sport.

— Pat Connaughton

We'd be better off with a shorter season. It would prolong some careers, mine included.

— John Havlicek

Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball.

— Gaylord Perry