"1960 - Cubs owner Philip Wrigley announces that the club will not have a manager for next season and will instead use a group of coaches that will take turns managing the club. The results are a disaster as Chicago finishes 35 games out of first place. 1981 - The Phillies sign third baseman Mike Schmidt to a six-year deal that will pay him $1.2 million per season."
"1995 - David Cone re-signs with the Yankees on a three-year, $18 million deal. 1999 - The Dodgers receive a $50,000 fine and are banned from scouting any players from the Dominican Republic for a year as a penalty for having signed third baseman Adrian Beltre as a 15-year old. Beltre isn't made a free agent by commissioner Bud Selig because he agreed to take part in the scheme. 2001 - The Red Sox agree to a four-year deal with outfielder Johnny Damon."
Major League Baseball transaction milestones from 1935 through 2013 include player trades, high-value contracts, a managerial experiment, and disciplinary sanctions. The Boston Bees traded multiple players in 1935. The 1960 Cubs eliminated a single manager in favor of rotating coaches, and the experiment resulted in a 35-game deficit. High-value long-term contracts were signed by Mike Schmidt (1981), Steve Garvey (1982), David Cone (1995), Johnny Damon (2001), and Shin-Soo Choo (2013). The Dodgers were fined and banned from Dominican scouting in 1999 over the signing of 15-year-old Adrian Beltre. These events show increasing financial commitments, changing managerial approaches, and enforcement of signing rules across decades.
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