Craig Eisendrath and Melvin Goodman,
Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives are putting the World at Risk, Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, forthcoming March 2004.
Sources for more information
Writing anything now, after the fact, is strictly
bush league and doesn't make up for this unconscionable (to the baseball fan) omission.
SOUND OFF
"It's not
bush league. We want to present ourselves on a professional level," Crawford said.
All women, all ready to rumble
Now, it can be said, the Filipinos are in the
bush leagues. The political scene, indeed, is fatally flawed by an oligarchy that arrogantly refuses to recognize the merits of social justice, social mobility and income redistribution.
Quo vadis Filipinas?
He would follow in their footsteps, further enhancing SU's reputation as the nation's foremost producer of sportscasters.<br />Costas' skills already were so refined by the time he arrived on campus, that WSYR, Syracuse's NBC television and radio affiliate, gave him part-time gigs as a weekend sports anchor and as the play-by-play man for the Syracuse Blazers, an Eastern Hockey League team that was one of the inspirations for "Slapshot," the cult classic comedy film about life in the brawling
bush leagues, starring Paul Newman.<br />Costas has many fond memories of those days, when the fisticuffs in backwater hockey towns like Johnstown, Pa., weren't restricted to the players on the ice.
Eloquence and passion help Costas earn a spot in Cooperstown
Due to the unprecedented outflow of talent from professional rosters, by 1945 major-league baseball "was played at a level that resembled the
bush leagues" (1).
Teenager on First, Geezer at Bat, 4F on Deck: Major League Baseball in 1945
Destiny, by contrast, performed her athletic feat away down in the
bush leagues, and so had to make do with the insults of a PETA farm club, the Animal Activists of Alachua.
Of pig chasers
Though the conditions were less than perfect, both of the raw-but-game pitchers threw fastballs in the 90-mph range during two recent sessions for scouts, raising hopes for at least a trip to the
bush leagues.
Out of India (and onto a baseball field)
If you get only 8-9 correct, you can still consider yourself major league; a score of 6-7 places you in the high minors while anything less buries you in the
bush leagues for another season.
Baseball rules corner: here's our annual quiz to test your knowledge of baseball rules
That it's the "
bush leagues," with substandard reporting, writing and editing.
Being a Latina Journalist at a Spanish-Language Newspaper
It's not surprising, then, that in baseball, a bird in the hand is worth three in the
bush leagues.
Bopping old pals; Gonzalez bedevils ex-mates
A score of 7-8 places you in the high minors; 5-6 proper responses puts you in the
bush leagues while anything less requires you to get immediate assistance from your local rules consultant.
Baseball rules corner: here is a quiz measuring your ability to interpret rules
But in the 1930s and 1940s, it meant a ticket to the
bush leagues.
Eddie Joost recalls how Connie Mack revived his big league career; talented, but outspoken, shortstop struggled in making the grade before Hall of Fame manager gave him a second chance. (Turn Back The Clock)