How did it all start in what year? If you can give me a specific link to information on it. NO WIKIPEDIA!!!!
2007-09-24 11:10:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
You should be able to find your answer on this page http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/info/history.jsp
2007-09-24 11:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by harderkeith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arbitrator Peter Seitz rendered the Messersmith-McNally decision on 23-December-1975. MLBPA chief Marvin Miller signed assent on the document, the MLB representative signed dissent, and promptly handed Seitz his walking papers -- he was immediately fired as MLB's independent arbiter.
Free agency has gone through a few different iterations since then, but that was where it started. And baseball has been for the better ever since.
VERY abbreviated history: http://baseball1.com/content/view/34/74/
For much more detail, get a copy of Helyar's "Lords Of The Realm".
2007-09-24 18:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it all started when back when in a galaxy far far away....when there were too many players who thought they could play in the mlb, so they just sit there. Its also a place where players go when they are released when they can be signed by anyone
2007-09-24 20:31:36 · answer #3 · answered by pbieagles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋