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"AA" is also the abbreviation for the American Association, which has been the name of numerous professional baseball leagues: a short-lived major league of the 19th century, a minor league for much of the 20th century, and an independent minor league that became a "Partner League" of Major League Baseball in 2021.
In the NYPD, the detective rank is technically a designation: detectives do not actually outrank police officers although they are in charge of cases and are often senior in years of service, and so have a certain degree of authority beyond police officers in specific situations. Detectives also perform undercover duties for some of their cases.
[10] [11] Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms. [12] [5] Rank is not only used to designate leadership, but to establish pay-grade as well. [13] As rank increases, pay-grade follows, but so does the amount of responsibility. [14]
In practice, the amount paid by the signing team is usually a prorated portion of the Major League minimum salary. However, if the player is a Rule 5 draft pick, the player must be offered back to the club from which he was selected from in the Rule 5 draft for $50,000, half of the amount the team which selected him had to pay.
The common way of referring to Major League Baseball as “The Show” stretched from an entity to a descriptor over time, helped along by the existence of the video game “MLB: The Show.”
The Major League Rules begin with a note stating that whenever a provision of any of its rules conflicts with a provision in the Basic Agreement (collective bargaining agreement) negotiated with the Major League Baseball Players Association, the provision in the Basic Agreement "shall in all respects control".
Sergeant (Sgt, etymologically: 'servant'), is a rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The alternative spelling, serjeant, is used in The Rifles and in other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry.
He also had a big background in sports: A former Clemson football star, he spent two years as the Leon High football coach and was a longtime Babe Ruth League baseball coach.