These leagues did not consider themselves " minor " – a term that did not come into vogue until St. Louis Cardinals GM Branch Rickey pioneered the farm system in the 1930s.

* 1881 – Branch Rickey, baseball executive ( d. 1965 )

Smith was recognized for his community service efforts with the 1994 Branch Rickey Award and the 1995 Roberto Clemente Award.

He'd been sent by Pittsburgh's GM Branch Rickey to evaluate Clemente's teammate Joe Black, a pitcher Rickey himself had originally signed for the Dodgers and was now thinking of reacquiring for Pittsburgh.

After the war many players returned to their teams, while the major event of the second half of the 1940s was the 1945 signing of Jackie Robinson to a players contract by Branch Rickey the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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This epithet is commonly applied to prominent people like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Lalon Shah, Jyotirao Phule and Branch Rickey.

A predecessor metric was developed by Branch Rickey in 1954.

* Wendell Smith, the African American sports reporter requested by Branch Rickey to travel with Jackie Robinson when he was breaking into baseball.

These parks include Alexandria Park ( Ohio and Scioto River confluence ), Allard Park ( Bonser Avenue in Sciotoville ), Bannon Park ( near Farley Square ), Branch Rickey Park ( on Williams Street near levee ), Buckeye Park ( near Branch Rickey Park ), Cyndee Secrest Park ( Sciotoville ), Dr. Hartlage Park ( Rose Street in Sciotoville ), Labold Park ( near Spartan Stadium ), Larry Hisle Park ( 23rd Street and Thomas Avenue ), Mound Park ( 17th and Hutchins Streets ), York Park ( riverfront ), Spartan Stadium, Tracy Park ( Chillicothe and Gay Streets ), and Weghorst Park ( Fourth and Jefferson Streets ).

In 1993, he received the Branch Rickey Award for his lifetime of community service work.

* Branch Rickey

* Branch Rickey, baseball agent that signed Jackie Robinson ; also credited with forming the farm leagues for Major League Baseball

PCL Commissioner Branch Rickey III believed that this was the first time such actions were taken out of necessity.

This work has resulted in Hunter being presented with the Branch Rickey Award in 2009, which rewards excellence in charity work.

Former Dodgers president Branch Rickey was named league president.

During the World Series Schilling received two other honors, as he was presented that year's Roberto Clemente and Branch Rickey Awards, the first Arizona Diamondback so honored for either award.

But unlike the Dodgers ' Branch Rickey, who signed Robinson one full season before bringing him to the National League, or as Jackson of the Call and Post wrote, " planned Robinson's entrance as carefully as a man would plan building a house matchsticks ," Veeck used a different strategy.

Unlike the Brooklyn Dodgers ' Branch Rickey who in 1945 declined to pay for the purchasing rights of Robinson with the Kansas City Monarchs, and other owners and general managers in later seasons who felt Negro leagues ' owners did not have to be compensated for luring away their talent, Veeck was " determined to buy Doby's contract from the Eagles.

Jackie was brought in by Branch Rickey specifically to be the first black player in major league baseball.

Partially due to Hornsby's complaints, Hendricks was fired after the season and replaced by Branch Rickey, then president of the Cardinals.

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.

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.

Hafey was originally a Cardinals ' pitching prospect, but after seeing him bat and run the bases, general manager Branch Rickey converted him to an outfielder.

When veteran center fielder Taylor Douthit went into a hitting slump, Martin replaced him and played well enough that Cardinals ' president, Branch Rickey, traded Douthit to the Cincinnati Reds in June.

At the end of the 1941 season, however, he was traded to the New York Giants by Cardinals general manager Branch Rickey, who famously believed in trading players before their skills began to decline.

The farm system as it is recognized today was invented by Branch Rickey who -– as field manager, general manager, and club president –- helped to build the St. Louis Cardinals dynasty during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.

" He is one of a select number of major league managers in baseball history who have earned a law degree or passed a state bar exam ; others include John Montgomery Ward ( New York Giants, Brooklyn and Providence, late 1800s ), Hughie Jennings ( Detroit, 1907 – 20, New York Giants, 1924 ), Miller Huggins ( St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees, 1913 – 29 ), Muddy Ruel ( St. Louis Browns, 1947 ), Jack Hendricks ( St. Louis Cardinals, 1918, Cincinnati, 1924 – 29 ), and Branch Rickey ( St. Louis Browns, 1913 – 15, St. Louis Cardinals, 1919 – 25 ).

The Cardinals finished the 2000 season with a record of 9-3, won the Conference USA Football Championship and went to the 2000 Liberty Bowl where Branch had a Liberty Bowl record 10 catches for 170 yards and 1 TD reception in their 22-17 loss to Colorado State.

The Cardinals finished the 2001 season with a record of 11-2, won the Conference USA Football Championship again and went to the 2001 Liberty Bowl where Branch had a 34 yard TD reception in their 28-10 win against BYU.

Branch returned in 2004 to start the Patriots ' first two games of the season before suffering a leg injury in the first half of the team's Week 2 game against the Arizona Cardinals.

The senior DeWitt began his baseball career with the Cardinals as a protégé of Branch Rickey, legendary business manager ( later general manager ) of the Redbirds from 1916 – 1942.

In the early 1920s, as a player and coach, he was the Cardinals ' " Sunday manager ," relieving skipper Branch Rickey, who always observed the Christian Sabbath.

The Cardinals returned Mancuso to the major leagues in 1930, primarily because of a contract dispute with Branch Rickey that made Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis void Mancuso's minor league contract.

In the summer of 1938, Roe was signed by Branch Rickey, then general manager for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, remembered Roe from Rickey's time in the Cardinals ' management and engineered a trade.

The Executive Branch Program allows students the opportunity to experience the executive branch of state government in Georgia.

While the law pronounces the duty of the U. S. Attorney is to impanel a grand jury for its action on the matter, some proponents of the unitary executive theory believe that the Congress cannot properly compel the U. S. Attorney to take this action against the Executive Branch, asserting that the U. S. Attorney is a member of the Executive Branch who ultimately reports only to the President and that compelling the U. S. Attorney amounts to compelling the President himself.

Wesley Branch Rickey ( December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965 ) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.

Dr. Danny O. Jacobs, a former Department Chair at Duke University, has been named executive vice president, provost and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, effective Oct. 1 2012

The executive branch in Valle del Department is represented by the Governor of Valle del Cauca Department, the legislative branch is represented by the Department Assembly of Valle del Cauca and its deputies and the judicial is represented by the four department level of the Judicial Branch of Colombia ; Superior Tribunal of Cali, Penal Court of the Circuit of Cali, the Administrative Tribunal of Valle del Cauca and Superior Military Tribunal for military cases.

He was approached in 1945 by Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey about being signed for the major leagues, but Irvin felt he was not ready to play at that level so soon after leaving the service.

IB was created on 23 December 1887, by the then British Secretary of State as a sub-sect of the Central Special Branch but there is no act of the Indian parliament nor executive order relating to the functioning of the IB.

It began when sitting MP and former Liberal Party member Dan Sullivan joined as an executive member of the Western Australian State Branch of Family First, giving it official status as a Parliamentary Party.

He was a founder of Winnipeg's Block Parent Program in this period and served on several community boards, as well as being on the executive of the Ukrainian Legion Branch # 141.

The Russian Council of Ministers is an executive governmental body that brings together the principal officers of the Executive Branch of the Russian government.

When the captain, Branch Hoban, breaks down under the strain of an attack, the executive officer, Carter " Lady " Aster takes over and leads the attack.

A protégé of longtime MLB executive Branch Rickey, Narron continued in baseball after his playing career ended in 1948.

Thompson moved up the executive ladder, and survived the front-office purge that followed Branch Rickey's departure in October.

An Executive Committee was the title of a three-person committee which served as the executive Branch of the Provisional Government of Oregon in the disputed Oregon Country.

The Philippines ' Department of Labor and Employment () ( commonly abbreviated to " DOLE ") is the executive department of the Philippine Government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment.

In the meantime, left-wing forces had gained control of the extra-parliamentary executive of the New South Wales Branch, and in 1940 the state executive adopted a resolution calling for a " Hands off Russia " policy, which was seen as a policy opposing Australian involvement in World War II.