After failing to receive a suitable contract offer, Rod Carew retired on this date in 1986.
Listen to this clip of Rod's on-field interview with Harmon Killebrew after collecting his 3,000th hit off @FrankViola16 in 1985.
It was later determined that owners had colluded against Carew and other free agents, essentially agreeing not to offer contracts to other teams’ free agents, thereby helping each other retain their own players while keeping salaries low.
In 1995, Carew was awarded $782,035.71 in damages for lost wages.
Other players affected by the scandal included Jack Morris, Paul Molitor, and Gary Gaetti.
Did collusion prevent Morris from being a member of the '87 #MNTwins? He became a free agent following the 1986 season and named the Twins as his first choice of teams to sign with. He met with owner Carl Pohlad and GM Andy MacPhail, and according to Jack, he and Pohlad essentially had a deal. Ultimately, however, the Twins did not sign him, and there's no doubt in Jack's mind that it was due to the collusion scandal.
10/11/2010: Brett Favre finds the recently reacquired Randy Moss for a 37 yard TD, the 500th of Favre’s career. The Vikings would lose to the Jets on Monday Night Football 29-20.
12/14/2025: JJ McCarthy finds Jalen Nailor for a 20 yard TD. Nailor is slow to get up, so Jordan Addison hits him with a res in the end zone. Vikings beat the Cowboys 34-26 on SNF.
🚨🚨WILD FOOTAGE🚨🚨
Footage of #NFL games being played 53 years ago and how it looked like a completely different game.
Many games were played on concrete and there was just mud flying everywhere.
Flags were minimal and the violence was off the charts.
After hitting a grand slam, Kaitlyn Moses got injured rounding first. Her teammates couldn’t help — so the opposing team carried her home. Unreal sportsmanship ❤️🥎
🚨TRENDING🚨
This video of a young Andy Reid getting CHEWED OUT on the sideline by Mike Holmgren after the wrong play was called has resurfaced.
Reid took the blame for Brett Favre’s mistake:
“I hope you still love me after I get my ass whipped here
THROWBACK: When the iconic Ray Lewis went up against a young Adrian Peterson in one hell of a legendary battle in 2009.
We do not have battles like this anymore.
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