I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.
Patton: Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admir...
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.
I would love to see Flip get back into the league. I think he can definitely still coach in this league. I think he will be in this league quicker than sooner.
This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League.
You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.
I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only...
If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.
As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.
Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.
Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.
Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth.
Groups like the NAACP, The Anti-Defamation League, NOW and GLAAD, will respond to derisive language directed at their constituents. The price paid by those who cavalierly chose to verbally disrespect the dignity of African Americans, Jews, women and ...
I was playing in the league when Ray Guy was playing in the league. He was the best kicker I've ever seen. He could bullet that ball 70 yards.
I'm in the major league now.
My dad was my Little League coach and my Cub Master.
When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so man...
To assert dignity is to lose it.
I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible.
I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory.
