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Article: Fisk, Gibson are free agents, arbitrator rules
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 23, 1988
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LOS ANGELES Seven players, including Detroit outfielder Kirk
Gibson and White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, were declared free agents
Friday by an arbitrator in the 1985 free-agent collusion case.
Arbitrator Tom Roberts, who ruled in September that baseball
owners had conspired to restrict movement of free agents, said all 62
free agents in the 1985 class could file for individual damages.
The ruling does not apply to Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson, who
was a free agent in 1986. Another arbitrator, George Nicolau, is
expected to make a decision this spring on collusion charges
involving '86 free agents, including outfielder Tim Raines of
Montreal and catcher Lance Parrish of Philadelphia.
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