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The collective bargaining agreement between MLB and its players union, signed on November 22, 2011, and taking effect in the 2012 season, dramatically changed free agent compensation. Players were no longer classified by type; if a player has six or more years of major-league service (on the team's 40-man roster) and is not under contract for ...
The 2011 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2011 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. This was the last postseason to feature the 8-team format, as next season ...
The 2011 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2010–11 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeating the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals .
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard attempted a regular season record 39 free throws against the Golden State Warriors, breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record of 34 set in 1962. (Shaquille O'Neal attempted 39 free throws in Game 2 of the 2000 NBA Finals.) Howard entered the game making 42 percent of his free throws for the season and just below 60 ...
Dansby Swanson hit free agency in the winter of 2022 with an inferior track record and received a seven-year, $177 million contract; that feels like Adames’ floor.
Torre announced on September 17 that he would not be returning to the Dodgers for the 2011 season. With his contract expiring and club ownership being contested in divorce court, Torre chose not to negotiate an extension. [4] At the same time, the Dodgers announced the promotion of Mattingly, the team's hitting coach, to manager. [4]
Agent Scott Boras couldn’t find Bellinger the mega-deal he wanted — teams were skeptical about Bellinger’s drastic shift — which led to a Chicago return for 3/80 with an opt-out after 2024 ...
September 23 – Danny Litwhiler, 95, All-Star left fielder who hit .281 in 1,057 games for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds between 1940 and 1951, who, during the 1941 season, batted at least one home run in every National League ballpark, and became the first outfielder in major league history ...