minors

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

minors
    n 1: a league of teams that do not belong to a major league
         (especially baseball) [syn: {minor league}, {minors}, {bush
         league}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

minors \minors\ n.
   The {minor leagues}, those leagues of professional sports
   teams less proficient than the {majors}, or {major leagues}.

   Syn: minor league.
        [WordNet 1.5]