National Association

National Association can refer to;

  • National Association, or "N.A.", the official designation of federally chartered banks in the United States.
  • National Association of Base Ball Players, the governing body of early high-level but officially non-professional baseball in the United States.
  • National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, regarded by baseball historians as the first professional baseball league. This league split from the National Association of Base Ball Players in 1871 and was replaced after 1875 by the National League.
  • National Association (minor league baseball), a minor league baseball league that played during the 1879 and 1880 seasons.
  • National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the former name of the governing body of Minor League Baseball.

Famous quotes containing the words national and/or association:

    “We love the indomitable bellicose patriotism that sets you apart; we love the national pride that guides your muscularly courageous race; we love the potent individualism that doesn’t prevent you from opening your arms to individualists of every land, whether libertarians or anarchists.”
    —Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944)

    “An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)