Dobbs is a major-league pro, Beck a minor-league putz. From Wordnik.com. [Father Dobbs] Reference
The rewards for minor-league clubs are even more tangible. From Wordnik.com. [BASEBALL: MOVING IN ON THE MAJORS] Reference
You may get minor-league hopefuls trying on big-league uniforms. From Wordnik.com. [SPORTS: THE BOYS OF SPRING] Reference
(They used her once before shipping her to a minor-league team.). From Wordnik.com. [Is It Show Time For Hockey?] Reference
His hobby is as wholesome as they come: he collects minor-league baseball teams. From Wordnik.com. [A Groundhog Has His Day] Reference
Koby Clemens, to his father, Roger, during a minor-league Lexington Legends game. From Wordnik.com. [Perspectives] Reference
Horn instead drove 40 miles to a minor-league game of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. From Wordnik.com. [Probing The Toughest Questions Of All] Reference
"You'll be in Richmond by July" -- the site of the Yankees 'top minor-league team. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Houk dies at 90; managed N.Y. Yankees to 2 World Series wins in the '60s] Reference
James signed with Washington as a minor-league free agent prior to the 2010 season. From Wordnik.com. [Nationals Minor League Report] Reference
"Don't underestimate these guys," says Daryl Smith, 34, a onetime minor-league pitcher. From Wordnik.com. [One Strike And They're Out] Reference
After Jordan took off for minor-league baseball, Pip-pen felt the pain of intense pressure. From Wordnik.com. [Raging Bulls] Reference
We own two minor-league baseball teams — in Augusta, Ga., and in our hometown of Aberdeen, Md. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn: The 'Iron Man' of Business] Reference
But even after a few years in their minor-league system, he wasn't on a fast track to the majors. From Wordnik.com. [An Invaluable Pickup] Reference
He pitched for two minor-league seasons with the Minnesota Twins organization, and one in Venezuela. From Wordnik.com. [One Strike And They're Out] Reference
His major task, though, is to give his minor-league employer instant access to the Motor City's titans. From Wordnik.com. [Stempel's Revolution] Reference
On June 3, he lost to Syracuse 7-1 in phenom Stephen Strasburg's final minor-league start of the season. From Wordnik.com. [Gee Whiz: Call-Up] Reference
Had he fared better in the simulated game, he would have made a minor-league rehab start early next week. From Wordnik.com. [Pettitte Rehab Has a Minor Setback] Reference
Nearby, the minor-league Akron Aeros play baseball in a brand-new park that's packed with fans every summer. From Wordnik.com. [A New Brand Of Tech Cities] Reference
For years, Bross had bounced around in the minor-league franchises of the New York Mets and three other clubs. From Wordnik.com. [Meanwhile, On The Mound In Tokyo...] Reference
"The stakes have been raised," Reid Ryan, 32, says of the larger numbers all over minor-league balance sheets. From Wordnik.com. [NOT JUST PEANUTS] Reference
After the draft, he visited each of the Yankees 'minor-league affiliates to familiarize himself with the farm system. From Wordnik.com. [Towers Wants to Be a GM Again] Reference
Both Anderson and Edmonds signed minor-league deals that became guaranteed once they made their respective teams 'rosters. From Wordnik.com. [Is racism keeping Jermaine Dye out of baseball?] Reference
"" It's like minor-league baseball, '' says Casey, a slog of mini-tours, often on second-rate courses in glamourless towns. From Wordnik.com. [From The Rough] Reference
But he suspects that the phrase has deeper roots in minor-league baseball, where players are almost always bused to away games. From Wordnik.com. [‘Under the Bus’] Reference
But Hernandez racked up a 6-0 record at the Yankees 'minor-league club in Columbus, Ohio, and he got his invitation to the show. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Odyssey] Reference
In March 2004, the Texas Rangers dispatched a team of scouts to the Yankees 'minor-league spring training complex in Tampa, Fla. From Wordnik.com. [The Team That Passed on Cano] Reference
Last fall, hockey great Gordie Howe skated 47 seconds of a minor-league game to become the only player to compete in six decades. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Shot Or Foul Play?] Reference
Even Michael Jordan has his minor-league baseball days and the memory of curveballs to remind him of the limits of athletic prowess. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Side of Golf] Reference
They are creeps indeed, but strictly minor-league creeps by comparison with the angry, out-of-control bully who struck the first blow. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Two Wrongs] Reference
"And I guess in my own way, in some secluded moment, I stuck my chest out and said, 'Not too bad for a f-- ing backup minor-league catcher'.". From Wordnik.com. [Touching All The Bases] Reference
It's a theory borne out in depressed cities like Trenton, N.J., and Lansing, Mich., where first-class minor-league ballparks sell out every night. From Wordnik.com. [A League Of Their Own] Reference
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