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Big Sky Baseball 12-01-1961
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| Breaking News | | Friday, December 1st, 1961: Big Sky Baseball News: Rule 5 Draft
Big Sky Baseball's Rule 5 draft will be held today. General managers should ensure that they have made all necessary roster moves prior to the start of the draft!
Rule 5 Draft Rules
--Only teams with empty slots on their expanded rosters can select a player in the draft.
--Players with more than 3 are eligible to be selected, unless they are protected on a team's expanded roster.
--Players drafted at the age of 18 or younger are protected for one additional year. They are eligible if they have more than 4 years of professional service.
--Each selected player must be kept on the selecting team's major league roster for the entire year, or be returned to his original team.
--Even if a selected player is subsequently traded, he must remain on that team's major league roster for the entire year.
Note: Eligible players are noted on the team transaction screen with a "#" symbol. |
| Friday, December 1st, 1961: Big Sky Baseball News: Winter Meetings End
The Winter Meetings end today, so this is the last chance for GMs league-wide to get instant feedback on trading offers or player contract offers! |
| Monday, November 27th, 1961: Big Sky Baseball News: Winter Meetings Begin
For the next three days, a frenzied amalgamation of GMs, managers, free agents and media will congregate and discuss every wild rumor to circulate around the hot stove since the end of the playoffs. It's a time for ebb and flow, give and take. It's a time for trade talks and free agent parley, myriad options glow like embers. Grab one, and you might kindle a fire under your club, but then that cuts both ways, doesn't it? |
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