2005/2006 Baseball Calendar
2005
Dec. 5-8 -- Winter meetings, Dallas.
Dec. 5-9 -- Major League Baseball Players Association executive board meeting, Henderson, Nev.
Dec. 7 -- Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents.
Dec. 19 -- Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to accept or reject the offers.
Dec. 20 -- Last day for teams to offer 2006 contracts to unsigned players.
2006
Jan 5-13 -- Salary arbitration filing.
Jan. 8 -- Last day until May 1 for free agents who rejected arbitration offers to re-sign with their former teams.
Jan. 10 -- Hall of Fame voting announced.
Jan. 17 -- Exchange of salary arbitration figures.
Jan. 18-19 -- Owners meetings, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Feb. 1-20 -- Salary arbitration hearings.
Feb. 16 -- Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players.
Feb. 21 -- Voluntary reporting date for other players.
Feb. 27 -- Hall of Fame Negro leagues and pre-Negro league selection committee vote, Tampa, Fla.
Feb. 28 -- Mandatory reporting date.
March 2-11 -- Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players.
March 3-20 -- World Baseball Classic.
March 15 -- Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days.
March 29 -- Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2006 salary.
April 2 -- Opening day. Active rosters reduced to 25 players.
July 11 -- All-Star game, Pittsburgh.
July 30 -- Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y.
July 31 -- Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.
Sept. 1 -- Active rosters expand to 40 players.
Oct. 3 -- Playoffs begin.
Oct. 10 -- League championship series begin.
Oct. 21 -- World Series begins.
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"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-- Rogers Hornsby
God Bless America
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Thanx 4 calendar anyway.....
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