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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.

— Willie McCovey

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

— Nick Johnson

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

— Tom Seaver

I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.

— Simon Sinek

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

— Doug Harvey

When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

— Joe Torre

I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective.

— Joe Mays

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

— Stan Musial

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

— Babe Ruth

In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I made the pitcher work.

— Ben Zobrist

I think baseball was really reality when I was a freshman in high school.

— Andrew Benintendi

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