#2005 Major League Baseball Calendar#
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May 1            - Earliest date former Clubs may re-sign free agent 
                   players who were either not offered arbitration, 
                   or who were offered arbitration on Dec. 7 and remained 
                   unsigned after Jan. 8

May 2            - Waivers secured on/after Feb. 16 expire at 5:00 p.m. ET. 

May 3            - New waiver period begins. Waivers secured on/after this 
                   date are good through 5:00 p.m. ET July 31st. Beginning 
                   today, outright assignments to the minor leagues may be 
                   made ONLY with Outright Waivers in effect  

May 15           - Earliest date clubs may re-sign players that they 
                   unconditionally released between midnight August 31, 2004 
                   and April 3, 2005  

May 31           - Start of closed period, First-Year Player Draft 

June 7-8         - First-Year Player Draft 

July 12          - 76th All-Star Game - Comerica Park, Detroit 

July 31          - Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Cooperstown, NY;

                 - Waivers secured on/after May 3, 2005 expire at 
                   5:00 p.m. ET. Players may be traded between Major 
                   League clubs until 4:00 p.m. ET without Major League 
                   Waivers in effect. Major League Waivers in effect 
                   between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET may only be used 
                   for optional assignments.  

August 1         - New waiver period begins. Beginning today through the 
                   last day of the season, players may be assigned between 
                   Major League clubs ONLY after Major League Waivers have 
                   been secured during the current waiver period
  
August 15        - Last date to bring player up for "full trial" to avoid
                   draft-excluded status
  
August 31        - Any player unconditionally released between midnight 
                   tonight and Opening Day of next season may not be 
                   re-signed to a Major League contract by the releasing 
                   team until May 15th of the following season; Post-season
                   eligibility lists are established at midnight; To be 
                   eligible, a player must be a bona fide member of a 
                   qualifying team on August 31st and must remain a bona 
                   fide member until the end of the season
 
September 1      - Active player limit increased from 25 to 40; outright 
                   assignments to the minor leagues may be made ONLY with 
                   Special Waivers in effect

October 1        - All players on optional assignment must be recalled

October 2        - Last day of regular season
 
October 3        - Players may be traded between Major League clubs 
                   without waivers in effect
 
October 7        - Last date to request waivers on draft-excluded 
                   players until 25 days prior to the opening of 
                   the following season

October 10       - The start of the closed period for Major League 
                   waiver requests (Oct. 10th - Nov. 10). Special 
                   waivers may still be requested on players that 
                   are not draft-excluded for the next Rule 5 draft
  
Close of WS      - Marks the commencement of the 15-day period 
                   during which eligible players may elect free agency 
                   or demand a trade
  
November 10      - Waivers secured on/after Aug. 1, 2005, expire at 
                   5:00 p.m. ET.  

November 11      - New waiver period begins. Waivers (exclusive of 
                   Special waivers) secured today and after shall be 
                   in effect until February 15, 2006

November 19      - Day to file reserve lists for all Minor League levels 
                   and Major Leagues; Last date to make an off-season 
                   outright assignment of an injured player to the Minor 
                   Leagues if the player does not meet the requirements 
                   listed in Article XIX(C)(b) of the Basic Agreement

December 7       - Last date for former club of player who declared free 
                   agency under Art. XX (B) to offer salary arbitration. 
                   If Club does not offer, then it loses all rights to 
                   negotiate with and sign the free agent until May 1st 
                   of the next season. 

December 8       - Major League Rule 5 Draft 

December 19      - Last date for player, who declared free agency 
                   under Art. XX (B), to accept an arbitration offer 
                   of former club. If player rejects offer to go to 
                   arbitration, his former club may still negotiate 
                   with and sign him until January 8th of next season 

December 20      - Last date to tender contracts
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