What is "minor leagues"

Usage examples of "minor leagues".

On the farm and in the minor leagues and in the Army, keeping your mouth shut was praiseworthy.

Long training in the minor leagues and in the Army had taught him not to show whether or not things were going his way at any given moment.

He'd never expected to be mentioned in the same breath with such luminaries, not back in the days when he was bouncing around the mid- to lower minor leagues.

Then, when you're done, take your three paisans, get in your Benz and drive back to the minor leagues.

The stars of the high school athletic teams had all, to a man, washed out in college or in the minor leagues and were now selling cars, or working oil field or construction jobs.

We were back there playing sandlot ball and dreaming of making the minor leagues, while preparing to give up the game and get real jobs.