Funding Officially OK'ed For Glendale Complex Dec 23, 2006
" This Day in Dodger History Dec. 23, 1958 -- Dodgers trade minor league second baseman George Anderson to the Phillies for outfielder Rip Repulski and pitchers Gene Snyder and Jim Golden. Anderson had won a minor league gold glove but had a weak bat, a point he proved during the 1959 season in Philadelphia (.218-0-343). He never played another major league game but morphed into Sparky Anderson, who is now in the Hall of Fame as a manager. Repulski went .255-2-14 in 1959 and was 1-5 in 1960;... (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)
Best players not in Hall Dec 19, 2005
He could have been the man who brought the case of how to interpret paragraph 10a of the players uniform contract -- the one which the owners felt bound a player to a team in perpetuity -- to arbitrator Peter Seitz. Ultimately, the Cardinals -- who recently had traded Steve Carlton to the Phillies -- caved, and just before the All-Star break agreed to a multi-year deal, which was uncommon at the time. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Winning baseball's lottery Dec 19, 2004
Arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled for Hunter, who was declared a free agent. The Yankees who else. (Herald Tribune-IHT)
Baseball: A free-agent flood favors the owners Nov 10, 2004
In 1976, after an arbitrator, Peter Seitz, opened the door to free agency by ruling for Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally, the owners and the players were locked in a bargaining struggle in dealing with the decision. Finley was not part of the owners' negotiating team, but he offered advice. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Baseball 101: Arbitration and Free Agency Dec 5, 2003
Arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled that the reserve clause only gave the team the rightto another year, thus breaking the possible perpetual renewal of a players ... (NYMfansonly.com)
