Sentences with phrase «major league teams»

He created the modern baseball farm system, which enables major league teams to nurture and develop future stars through their minor league teams.

When all 30 major league teams support Marjory Stoneman Douglas High after last week's mass shooting by wearing MSD baseball caps before their first spring training game — with the option of also wearing them during the game — it will be a little different for the Marlins.

In the 2011 biographical movie about Oakland Athletics» general manager Billy Beane's efforts to assemble a winning team from a small budget, Brad Pitt starred as the guy who employed the assistance of a number - crunching economist to use data and analytics to put together a competitive team despite having less money than most other major league teams — about one third that of the New York Yankees.

Within minutes you can enjoy all the benefits a major metropolitan area, Phoenix and Scottsdale has to offer - major league teams, extensive arts and cultural community, Four Star Restaurants, Horse and Dogs Tracks, Casinos, Auto Racing, and more.

HE: I wanted to play baseball for one of New York's major league teams: the Yankees, the Giants or the Dodgers.

The 6 Hall of Famers will be joined by recently retired players representing all 30 major league teams for the Hall of Fame Classic, which features a pregame Home Run Derby 12:00 noon, followed by first pitch at 1:05 PM, of the 7 - inning legends game on Saturday, May 26th at Doubleday Field.

Other major league teams have hosted LGBT nights.

Major league teams up 3 in the 9th inning win ~ 97 % of the time.

And although major league teams view Cuba as a talent pipeline, Cuba itself is not hung up on the American conception of baseball.

Harper has two more home runs than any other player in baseball, but what stands out is that Harper has more home runs than five major league teams:

For seven weeks a young ballplayer lives with the doubts of his future as he tries to make one of the major league teams

Then again, last season major league teams posted a winning record when they started a lefthander -LRB-.518) and a losing record when they started a righthander -LRB-.493).

• Arnold Weber (SCORECARD, Jan. 10), the president of Northwestern and a front - runner for the barely remembered office of baseball commissioner, is a member of the board of directors of the Tribune Co., which owns the Chicago Cubs and holds the telecast rights to seven major league teams.

Opening day for most Major League teams was just days away and the school had much to be proud of in that realm too.

New York City's Bill Shea had already named the impressive backers of a third - league team in his town (SI, June 29); this time he introduced some of the organizers of major league teams - in - waiting in Toronto, Denver, Minneapolis - St.

Or the professional ballplayer who had to reconcile his shock at being traded like some commodity from the only major league team he had ever played for.

More so than the typical major league team, even.

But expect them to do a rebuild - lite, trading veterans when they can, giving time to younger players, but still signing short - term stop gaps to field something resembling a Major League team.

San Joseans came out on this particular steaming, humid evening — as they had for most of the season — because the Quakes were their very own major league team, their first and only major league team, and San Jose had taken them to heart.

«A few years ago the common thinking [among Orioles minor leaguers] was you were pitching for every other major league team,» says Kohlmeier.

My prediction: By the end of the month, I'll be watching more minor league baseball than major league baseball because of the wretched play of the major league team.

It doesn't bother him a bit that the nearest major league team is at least a five - hour drive away.

From 1991, his first season, through 2003 the Braves won 1,245 regular - season games, more than any other major league team.

While that may prove that fans in the Twin Cities can appreciate minor league ball, they'd probably prefer not to see it being played by a major league team.

It is no coincidence that virtually every major league team puts its players» family section directly behind home plate, seats that are protected by the backstop.

Angels hitters who had at least 50 RBIs in 2009, the most ever on one major league team.

MLB Baseball Sports Betting Information Tuesday evening was one of the rare times that the Kansas City Royals looked like a legitimate Major League team.

The AAA team versus his major league team.

At heart, this true story of a third - rate major league team's historic ascent during the 2002 season (adapted from Michael Lewis's 2003 best - seller) is yet another underdog tale with crippling setbacks and heartwarming cheers.

Recruiting veteran players like Pedro Cerrano (Haysbert, Heat) and Taka Tanaka (Ishibashi, For Business), along with trying new approaches with his team of potential talent, Gus starts to put together a formidable presence in the Twins organization, perhaps even rivaling the talent of the major league team.

When Ben faces the possibility of a breakup with either Lindsey or his beloved major league team, he turns to beer to drown his troubles.

Walker was a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings, a Major League team at the time.

Quick - Tag's (quick-tag.com) officially licensed Sport I.D. Tag line includes over 150 major league team tags from the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB, as well as over 60 popular NCAA universities.

How would you like to have your favorite Major League team's logo on your credit card?

And as an officially licensed MLB game, it also includes the proper roster of every Major League team.

This makes it the oldest baseball field built for a major league team.

Not exact matches

Whether the teams, players, or Major League Baseball as a whole will publicly support the NLBM over the next few days is anyone's guess.

THE EXTRA 2 %: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First (Ballantine / ESPN) Jonah Keri

In other major North American sports leagues, the Detroit Tigers (No. 22 overall) are the highest - paid Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Raiders (No. 108 overall) are the highest - paid NFL team, and Washington Capitals (No. 71 overall) are the highest - paid NHL major North American sports leagues, the Detroit Tigers (No. 22 overall) are the highest - paid Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Raiders (No. 108 overall) are the highest - paid NFL team, and Washington Capitals (No. 71 overall) are the highest - paid NHL Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Raiders (No. 108 overall) are the highest - paid NFL team, and Washington Capitals (No. 71 overall) are the highest - paid NHL team.

However, despite public fear and criticism of Steinbrenner's controversial decisions, eventually he led the team to an amazing comeback, with six World Series entries between 1996 and 2003, and a record as one of the most profitable teams in Major League Baseball.

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

If Beyoncé does invest in the Rockets she'll join a growing list of celebrities and entertainers who hold ownership stakes in sports teams, including Memphis Grizzlies part - owner Justin Timberlake, Miami Dolphins investment group members Jennifer Lopez, Venus and Serena Williams and Will Ferrell, who owns a stake in Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Football Club.

Even so, earlier this year Sports Crate, a brand extension of Loot Crate, partnered with Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association to provide team and player merchandise products and make Sports Crate the «Exclusive Licensed Subscription Box» of MLB.

In 2002, a Major League Baseball team took a revolutionary approach to building their team.

There's not much Major League Baseball can do to compete with the weather, but if they continue to reschedule games at such a high rate, teams might have to begin to find some creative solutions as schedules tighten later in the season.

Giphy has partnerships with everyone from the Grammy Awards and Major League Baseball to CNN and Paramount Studios, and its teams can instantly generate GIFs of key moments that are perfect for sharing on dozens of different social platforms.

But entrepreneurs could also learn a few lessons by examining the hiring practices of Major League Baseball teams, most of whom — the ones in small and medium markets — adhere to strict budgets for their payrolls.

In the past year, the Major League Soccer team the Seattle Sounders signed up to use Starfire as their practice facility, giving the nonprofit additional cachet and revenue.

The up - and - coming ballplayers are the building blocks of any business's future and you've got to get and / or grow the best possible raw material for your team as cost - effectively as possible, which in the major leagues actually means as early as possible.

Johnson also became the first black American to own a major - league sports franchise when he teamed with superstar Michael Jordan to acquire the Charlotte Bobcats franchise in 2004.