Let’s go all the way back!
MLB History
1936: Dizzy Dean ends his holdout and agrees to sign a one-year, $24,000 deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.
1941: Joe DiMaggio plays in his first exhibition game of the spring after holding out.
1951: The Brooklyn Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the city of Vero Beach, Florida for the use of their spring training facilities.
1962: William DeWitt purchases the Cincinnati Reds from the Crosley Foundation for $4.625 million.
1978: The Mets trade shortstop Bud Harrelson to the Phillies for minor leaguer Fred Andrews.
1990: Gambler Howard Spira is arrested for extorting money from Yankees owner George Stenbrenner. Steinbrenner will be suspended by MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent due to his relationship with Spira.
1992: The National League announces that president Bill White will step down at the end of the 1993 season.
2000: Tim Raines announces his retirement, but he will return in 2001 and play two more seasons.
2006: Alfonso Soriano ends his stand off with the Nationals and agrees to move to left field.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a video of Alfonso Soriano making the Atlanta Braves sad. That’s all I got, folks.]
2012: Joe Torre returns to his job as Vice-President of Major League Baseball just three months after resigning to join a group that was bidding to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.