You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.
I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.
I'm in the major league now.
Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.
As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.
If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.
I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.
When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a minor league manager.
I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'