11.   Argyros deserves credit for building the Seattle farm system, one that produced many of the top players on the present team.

12.   At some point, the Rangers, too, have to answer to their farm system.

13.   Babb says the younger bands serve as a good farm system for his group.

14.   Baseball bans trades of draft picks to prevent teams from raiding their farm systems to save money, some executives said.

15.   Bankers, insurers and Wall Street firms had been entitled to select five directors, while the farm credit system chose another five.

16.   Before managing the Marlins, Boles built the farm systems of Kansas City, Montreal and Florida.

17.   Bart spent two years in the Cleveland Indians farm system.

18.   Baseball men knew success was built on good scouting, good drafting, good farm systems.

19.   Beyond that, the pickings are extremely slim for an organization that repeatedly has claimed the key to any long-term success is a productive farm system.

20.   Both believe a team should be built through the farm system, with a strong emphasis on fundamentals and hustle.