In 1981, major league baseball players began a 49-day strike over the issue of free-agent compensation.
The Jets recently re-signed Calvin Pace and signed free-agent Antwan Barnes, both pass-rushing outside linebackers.
But it was actually Mr. Bonilla's second free-agent contract that led to his upcoming financial windfall.
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Marcum, a winter free-agent singing, isn't the first Mets starter to have health issues this spring.
It's better than the alternative of scrambling for free-agent or minor-league replacements, said manager Joe Girardi.
Baltimore has similarly been unable to compete for top players on the free-agent market.
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There's speculation across the league that the free-agent Hill may be on his way to the Garden, too.
Before he signed his ten-year contract last month, he made it clear he had no interest in testing the free-agent market.
"We addressed some of our weaknesses, even after our free-agent signings, " Laimbeer said.
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed him to a one-year free-agent contract Aug. 20, 2010.
Free-agent contracts can last just seven years, but clubs can go to eight years to re-sign their own players.
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Former San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson and his famously gigantic black beard is still available on the free-agent market.
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He was one of John Idzik's first free-agent signees after Idzik replaced Mike Tannenbaum as the Jets' general manager in January.
The latest newcomer was undrafted rookie free-agent defenseman Chad Ruhwedel, who was signed to a two-year contract earlier in the day.
That isn't happening in Major League Baseball, which is poised for a week of discussions about possible trades and free-agent signings.
Marring O'Dowd's early tenure in Colorado was a pair of expensive, ill-fated free-agent signings of veteran pitchers Denny Neagle and Mike Hampton.
Part of the free-agent credo is that workers no longer have to make safe bets with big firms to protect their career.
Zack Greinke signed a big free-agent deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Arizona remade its club with fiery manager Kirk Gibson in mind.
The 6-foot-7 right-hander sustained an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture in the freak accident, then left Oakland for a free-agent deal with Arizona.
Instead of a periodically refreshed resume, they will maintain a free-agent life raft in good working order, oscillating between more and less tethered modes of existence.
Manning feels the Giants have done a good job in the free-agent market, retaining left offensive tackle Will Beatty and signing Oakland tight end Brandon Myers.
He reached out to free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn on behalf of the team this off-season in an attempt to convince him to sign with the Mets.
When I signed a free-agent contract with Boston last July, I decided to commit myself to the Celtics and not let my personal life become a distraction.
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The fact that the Mets remained virtually irrelevant on the free-agent market this off-season didn't help to shake the perception that the team can't afford to spend.
Loucks switched sides and joined the very people whom he previously disparaged as evil, all the while maintaining that he is only acting as a free-agent athlete would.
The Yankees are going to go in-house at catcher, valuing the defense of Chris Stewart, Austin Romine and Francisco Cervelli over the offense available on the free-agent market.
The explosive debut spit in the face of the perception surrounding the Mets' outfield, an outlook that was made worse by the Mets' failure to sign free-agent Michael Bourn.
In addition to the money owed Santana, the Mets reached a settlement during the offseason with free-agent bust Jason Bay and released the pricey outfielder after three unproductive seasons.
Another added challenge for the Knicks: recent free-agent signee Kenyon Martin, who's averaged 16 points and 78% shooting over his past three games, will no longer surprise opposing teams.
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