#major league

A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload. ↗

— David Cone

#big commitment #coach #commitment #difficult #difficult job

The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#baseball #been #being #bush #could

The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best in A-ball. ↗

— Jim Evans

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My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates. ↗

— Steve Carlton

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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there. ↗

— Joe DiMaggio

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Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen. ↗

— Bert Campaneris

#leagues #made #major #major leagues #never

And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

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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

#came #dollars #game #get #go

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

#coached #conner #contracts #gone #high

I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something. ↗

— David Cone

#could #dad #eye #eye contact #game