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| - Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is the association that runs baseball leagues at levels below the Major Leagues. It was given the title Minor League in 1869, in ironic contrast to the Major Leagues, as its clubs had Minor fan support and exhibited a very Minor quality of play. Their bank balances were also Minus. The third word, Baseball, was appended mere decades later, to emphasize that baseball was sometimes played amongst the copious amounts of drinking, spitting, fighting and spitting.
- Minor League Baseball, formerly the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues and also known in the past as NAPBL, National Baseball Association, and NA, is the organization which oversees the governing and organization of minor league baseball in North America. At the time, the National and American Leagues were not seen as "major leagues", but only as leagues which existed in larger cities. Led by Patrick T. Powers, then-president of the Eastern League, the larger minor leagues then in existence banded together to control their own fates.
- Except for the Mexican League, teams in the organized minor leagues are generally independently owned and operated but are directly affiliated with one major league team through a standardized Player Development Contract (PDC). These leagues also go by the nicknames the "farm system," "farm club," or "farm team(s)" because of a joke passed around by major league players in the 1930s when St. Louis Cardinals' general manager Branch Rickey formalized the system, and teams in small towns were "growing players down on the farm like corn."
- Minor League Baseball (oder kurz Minor Leagues) ist eine zusammenfassende Bezeichnung aller US-amerikanischen Baseball-Profi-Ligen unterhalb der obersten Liga, den Major Leagues. Die einzelnen Ligen werden als unabhängige Unternehmen geführt, die bekanntesten sind jedoch Mitglied eines Dachverbandes, der ebenfalls Minor League Baseball genannt wird. Diese Ligen stehen in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Major-League-Teams (Franchises) und werden Affiliates (engl. Tochterunternehmen) genannt. Einige Ligen, die so genannten Independent Leagues (unabhängige Ligen), haben keinerlei Verbindung zur Major League und sind somit auch kein Mitglied des Dachverbandes Minor League Baseball. Die Minor Leagues sind nach Spielstärke in „Triple-A“ (AAA), „Double-A“ (AA), „Single-A“ (A) und „Rookie Leagues“ (R) kl
- Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. All the leagues are operated as independent businesses, but all of the best-known leagues are members of Minor League Baseball, an umbrella organization for leagues that have agreements to operate as affiliates of Major League Baseball. Several leagues, known as independent leagues, have no links whatsoever to Major League Baseball, and thus are not members of Minor League Baseball (the organization). The most prominent of these leagues has been the Northern League.
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| - Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. All the leagues are operated as independent businesses, but all of the best-known leagues are members of Minor League Baseball, an umbrella organization for leagues that have agreements to operate as affiliates of Major League Baseball. Several leagues, known as independent leagues, have no links whatsoever to Major League Baseball, and thus are not members of Minor League Baseball (the organization). The most prominent of these leagues has been the Northern League. Each league affiliated with Minor League Baseball is composed of teams that generally are independently owned and operated, but always directly "affiliated" with (and occasionally named after) one major-league team; some affiliations stay relatively constant, while others change from year to year. For example, the Iowa Cubs have been affiliated with and named after the Chicago Cubs since 1981, but the Columbus Clippers will change affiliations for the 2007 season from the New York Yankees to the Washington Nationals. However, a small number of minor league teams are directly owned by their major-league parent, such as the Richmond Braves, owned by the Atlanta Braves, and the Springfield Cardinals, owned by the St. Louis Cardinals; this has the effect of locking these teams down during affiliation shuffles. The purpose of the system is to develop players available to play in the major leagues on demand. Today, twenty minor baseball leagues operate with 246 member clubs in large, medium and small towns as well as the suburbs of major cities across the United States and Canada. Minor league baseball also goes by the nickname the "farm system," "farm club," or "farm team(s)," because of a joke passed around by major league players in the 1930s when St. Louis Cardinals general manager Branch Rickey formalized the system and teams in small towns were "growing players down on the farm like corn."
- Minor League Baseball (oder kurz Minor Leagues) ist eine zusammenfassende Bezeichnung aller US-amerikanischen Baseball-Profi-Ligen unterhalb der obersten Liga, den Major Leagues. Die einzelnen Ligen werden als unabhängige Unternehmen geführt, die bekanntesten sind jedoch Mitglied eines Dachverbandes, der ebenfalls Minor League Baseball genannt wird. Diese Ligen stehen in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Major-League-Teams (Franchises) und werden Affiliates (engl. Tochterunternehmen) genannt. Einige Ligen, die so genannten Independent Leagues (unabhängige Ligen), haben keinerlei Verbindung zur Major League und sind somit auch kein Mitglied des Dachverbandes Minor League Baseball. Die Minor Leagues sind nach Spielstärke in „Triple-A“ (AAA), „Double-A“ (AA), „Single-A“ (A) und „Rookie Leagues“ (R) klassifiziert. Derzeit gibt es 20 Ligen mit 246 Clubs in Kleinstädten und Vororten von Großstädten, die über die Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada verteilt sind, 17 davon im Dachverband der Minor League Baseball. Jede dieser an die Majors angeschlossene Minor League ist aus eigenständigen und separat geführten Teams zusammengestellt, die jedoch alle direkt an ein Major-League-Team gebunden sind. Diese Affiliates haben die Aufgabe, Spieler zu entwickeln und sie an die Major League heranzuführen, wohin sie dann nach Bedarf berufen werden. Minor League Baseball wird deshalb auch Farm System, die Minor-League-Teams Farm Clubs bzw. Farm Teams genannt. Diese, ursprünglich verächtliche, Bezeichnung entstand, als der General Manager der St. Louis Cardinals, Branch Rickey, in den 1930ern anfing die Baseballteams in Kleinstädten zu organisieren um sie „Spieler heranzüchten zu lassen“.
- Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is the association that runs baseball leagues at levels below the Major Leagues. It was given the title Minor League in 1869, in ironic contrast to the Major Leagues, as its clubs had Minor fan support and exhibited a very Minor quality of play. Their bank balances were also Minus. The third word, Baseball, was appended mere decades later, to emphasize that baseball was sometimes played amongst the copious amounts of drinking, spitting, fighting and spitting. If baseball is America's greatest pastime, Minor League Baseball is America's principal waste of time. It is often described as a farm system for Major League clubs, generally because both the pay and the victuals resemble slop from a trough. The economic significance of Minor League Baseball is as a place where nearly everyone demonstrates willingness to work for little or no pay, out of faith that the next job will be different.
- Except for the Mexican League, teams in the organized minor leagues are generally independently owned and operated but are directly affiliated with one major league team through a standardized Player Development Contract (PDC). These leagues also go by the nicknames the "farm system," "farm club," or "farm team(s)" because of a joke passed around by major league players in the 1930s when St. Louis Cardinals' general manager Branch Rickey formalized the system, and teams in small towns were "growing players down on the farm like corn." Major and Minor League teams may enter into a PDC for a two- or four-year term and may re-affiliate at the expiration of a PDC term, though many relationships are renewed and endure for extended time periods. For example, the Omaha Storm Chasers (formerly the Omaha Royals) have been the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals since the Royals joined the American League in 1969, but the Columbus Clippers changed affiliations from the New York Yankees to the Washington Nationals in 2007 and are now affiliated with the Cleveland Indians. A few minor league teams are directly owned by their major league parent club, such as the Springfield Cardinals, owned by the St. Louis Cardinals, and all of the Atlanta Braves' affiliates except for the Lynchburg Hillcats. Minor League teams that are owned directly by the major league Club do not have PDCs with each other and are not part of the reaffiliation shuffles that occur every other year. Today, 19 minor baseball leagues operate with 243 member clubs in large, medium, and small towns, as well as the suburbs of major cities, across the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.
- Minor League Baseball, formerly the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues and also known in the past as NAPBL, National Baseball Association, and NA, is the organization which oversees the governing and organization of minor league baseball in North America. The NAPBL formed in 1901 as a reaction to the warfare going on between the National League and the American League. The presidents of the other professional baseball leagues then in existence were concerned that the two "major leagues" and their continuing pirating of players and even whole teams were a threat to the existence of professional baseball in the United States and Canada. At the time, the National and American Leagues were not seen as "major leagues", but only as leagues which existed in larger cities. Led by Patrick T. Powers, then-president of the Eastern League, the larger minor leagues then in existence banded together to control their own fates. Powers' idea was that, instead of going head-to-head with the National and American Leagues, the other leagues should set standard rules for officiating, player drafts, contracts, and location of teams. Fourteen leagues (the Eastern League, Western League, New England League, New York State League, Pacific Northwest League, Southern Association, Three-I League, North Carolina League, Connecticut League, Cotton States League, Iowa-South Dakota League, Michigan State League, Missouri Valley League and Texas League) signed the agreement to begin play under the new rules effective with the 1902 season. Many leagues refused to join, fearing that the creation of the NA was just an attempt at forming another "major" league, and that its rules and territorial limits would interfere with their independence. When that fear failed to materialize, however, more and more leagues joined the NA until, within a few years, it consisted of thirty-five leagues. Patrick Powers resigned his presidency of the NA in 1909 in order to concentrate on his private business interests. The Association managed to maintain its original purpose for about twenty years, but during the Great Depression, many leagues began to fold, and the Association needed to look for more funding in order to keep minor league baseball going. This funding came from the same Major League teams which the NA had been created to protect itself from. Starting in 1931, Major League teams began affiliation agreements with minor league teams. Branch Rickey, president of the St. Louis Cardinals, was the architect of the system which exists today, in which most minor league teams are affiliates of Major League teams, supplying the Majors with development of younger players in exchange for financial support from the Major League teams with which they are affiliated. Because so many professional players went to fight during World War II, the number of teams and leagues decreased even more until the end of the war. From 1945, when there were only twelve leagues left in the NA, there were fifty-nine in 1949. That number has decreased until, today, there are seventeen. In 1999, the NAPBL formally changed its name to Minor League Baseball. Minor League Baseball still governs the minor league system, although there are several independent leagues which do not fall under the group's aegis.
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