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I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate.
I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.
Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.
I know all the guys in NXT have a lot of talent, and that's the reason why they are there. But in this sport, you can see guys with a lot of talent in the minor leagues, when they move into the major leagues, they become irrelevant.
I'm just enjoying playing baseball in the major leagues.
It seems easy, but to win three Champions Leagues in four years is incredible.
Baseball, once I got to the Major Leagues, I told myself, 'Now it's begun.'
I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues.
I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.
I've played almost 22 years in the major leagues, and I've never sat on the bench.
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.
Since coming to the major leagues, my passion toward baseball had started to decrease.
I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.'
Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.
There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.