Baseball Calendar

 Feb. 25 -- Mandatorandatory reporting date.
 March 2-11 -- Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players.
 March 24 -- Last day to place players with nonguaranteed
contracts on unconditional release waivers without paying their
entire 2000 salaries.
 March 29-30 -- New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, Tokyo.
 April 3 -- Opening day for other teams, active rosters reduced to
25 players.
 July 11 -- All-Star game, Atlanta.
 July 23 -- Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, Cooperstown, N.Y.
 July 24 -- Hall of Fame game, Arizona vs. Cleveland, Cooperstown,
N.Y.
 Oct. 3 -- Playoffs begin.
 Oct. 21 -- World Series begins, city of American League champion.
 October-November TBA -- Free agent filing, 15 days after World
Series.
 Dec. 7 -- Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their
former players who became free agents.
 Dec. 19 -- Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to
accept or reject the offers.
 Dec. 20 -- Last day to offer 2001 contracts to unsigned players.