2007-06-11 23:22:00 · 9 answers · asked by Bruce T 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I know what a farm system is but I want to know why the word "farm" is used. It isn't that way in hockey but only baseball. I find that interesting.
The answer about playing games on farm fields seems to make the most sense.
2007-06-12 00:57:51 · update #1
The farm teams are where the Major League teams "grow" their players. That is how the name started, and I believe that is the actual question.
The first successful "farm system" was started by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930's. They had so many players tied to contract that Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis released many so they could sign with other teams.
2007-06-11 23:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Old day language
Farm you grew the players to come to the big club
Some sports writer had to make a story interesting.
Willie Mays as an example played several years on the minor league teams before he came up to the NY Giants.
Another work was to add seasoning to a player. Meaning better bunting or fielding skills.
Just real old old school.
The 1940s no TV. Newspaper and radio only.
The 1950s some TV and newspaper and radion.
The 1960s was no cable no internet, so you did depend a lot on the written word.
2007-06-12 01:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You received a lot of "what" answers and I can see you wanted to know "why." Your question intrigued me so I looked it up. This is what I found:
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."
2007-06-12 01:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by retropink 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The farm system is basically that players are "cultivated"
and grow in experience to become major league players.
The "farm" system grew to that name because in the early years pick up games and some organized games were actually played on a farm or fields all over the country.
2007-06-12 00:36:49 · answer #4 · answered by search4knowledge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called a farm system because thats where players from each organization develop, or grow. What do things do on a farm? They grow. hence the term farm system. players that first enter the bigs through the farm system are called "summer chickens", or they are called "farm fresh".
2007-06-12 01:32:38 · answer #5 · answered by kanastex 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A farm team, or feeder team, generally refers to a team or club whose role it is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players will move on to a bigger side at a certain point. This system can be implemented in many ways, both formally and informally.
The term is also used as a metaphor for any organization or activity that serves as a training ground for higher-level endeavors. For instance, sometimes business schools are referred to as "farm clubs" for the world of business
2007-06-11 23:28:36 · answer #6 · answered by Beef 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Probably because it is within the system that they develop their players...trying to produce the cream of the crop, that sort of thing.
2007-06-12 01:37:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are still wet behind the ears!!!
2007-06-11 23:57:50 · answer #8 · answered by h-sum 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well done, Beef!
2007-06-11 23:30:42 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋