WikiLeague: Wantlist

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Documents we know — or strongly suspect — exist but don't yet have on file. Each entry records what we know: approximate date, suspected source, why we want it.

42 still wanted 82 acquired

Unsorted

Phase 1 — Core canon

CBAs

  • wanted MLB Basic Agreement, 1968 — first formal MLB CBA. Still needed. Source lead: MLBPA, SABR Hall of Fame Library. Phase 1.
  • wanted MLB Basic Agreement, 1973 — first CBA with salary arbitration. Still needed. Source lead: MLBPA, SABR. Phase 1.
  • wanted MLB Basic Agreement, 1980 — Still needed. Source lead: MLBPA, SABR. Phase 1.
  • wanted MLB Basic Agreement, 1985 — Settlement memo in archive, but full CBA still needed. Source lead: MLBPA, SABR. Phase 1.
  • wanted 1995 Memorandum of Understanding — strike-ending document. Source lead: MLBPA, SABR. Phase 1.
  • wanted Joint Drug Agreement / JDPTP (each version) — Source lead: MLB, MLBPA, CBA appendices. Phase 1.
  • wanted MLUA CBA (current) — Source lead: MLUA, MLB. Phase 1.
10 acquired in this category
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 1970 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 1976 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR — first free-agency CBA.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 1990-1993 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR — post-collusion CBA.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 1997–2001 — needs_review 2026-05-17; acquired via user upload from BoB Wayback.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2002–2006 — needs_review 2026-05-17; acquired via user upload from BoB Wayback; first CBA with embedded JDA.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2007–2011 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR (241 pp, in archive as `2006-12-20_cba_mlb-cba-2007-2011`). **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2012–2016 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR (311 pp, in archive as `2011-12-12_cba_mlb-cba-2012-2016`). **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** Heaney UPC's parent CBA.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2017–2021 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR (373 pp, in archive as `2016-12-01_cba_mlb-cba-2017-2021`). **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** Tony Clark's first full CBA.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2022–2026 — needs_review 2026-05-17; subsequently verified via bit-identical SABR Box mirror against the MLBPA-hosted PDF (same SHA256); 2026-05-19 Pass C demoted back to needs_review for placeholder `quoted_excerpts[0]` and `file.pages: 0` — both corrected this pass (verbatim preamble + Article I/II excerpts; pages 440). Sourcing rail sound; re-promotion pending fuller article-level substantive content. See PROVENANCE_LOG.md 2026-05-19 Pass C entry.
  • acquired MiLB CBA 2023-2027 — needs_review 2026-05-17; acquired from MLBPA agent portal.

Governance

  • wanted MLB Constitution, current version — Source lead: MLB (rarely posted publicly), court filings, leaked copies that have surfaced. Phase 1.
  • wanted MLB Constitution, post-2018 operative versions — the through-2018 version expired by its own terms Dec 31, 2018. Even when MLB filed it in Olson v. MLB in February 2020, the document had already expired — suggesting an unrevealed further amendment was operative. Litigation-exhibit search (Reinsdorf-era cases, Angels-Astros, etc.) remains the most productive path. Phase 1.
  • wanted MLB Constitution, earlier versions — investigate what exists pre-2005. Phase 1.
  • wanted MLBPA bylaws/constitution (current) — Source lead: MLBPA. Phase 1.
7 acquired in this category
  • acquired MLB Constitution true June 2005 update — needs_review 2026-05-17; acquired via user upload from BoB Wayback. Expires 2006-12-31, $5K player fine cap.
  • acquired MLB Constitution post-2005 amendment ~2008 — needs_review 2026-05-17; from UNH IP Mall, previously mis-cataloged as 2005 update. Expires 2012-12-31, revised player fine structure.
  • acquired MLB Constitution through-2018 amendment — needs_review 2026-05-17; acquired via user upload from DocumentCloud / Olson v. MLB SDNY court filing.
  • acquired Major League Agreement, 1921 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via Doug Pappas SABR transcription. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** Full text acquired as HTML + plain text. Second-source confirmation against the 1921 Reach Guide itself would promote to verified.
  • acquired National Agreement, 1903 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via Doug Pappas SABR transcription. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 1876 NL Constitution — needs_review 2026-05-18 via John Thorn (MLB Official Historian) transcription at Our Game. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** Alternate sources noted: Hathi Trust scan, retroseasons.com.
  • acquired 1926 AL Constitution — needs_review 2026-05-18 via Doug Pappas SABR transcription. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**

Contracts and Rules

  • wanted Uniform Player Contract, current — confirmed embedded as Article III of the 2022-2026 CBA (already in archive). For a standalone version, extract Article III pages from the 2022-26 CBA PDF in a future pass. We now also have the 2006-12-20 UPC template (2007-2011 cycle blank form) and the 2015-02-26 Heaney executed UPC for cycle comparison. Phase 1.
  • wanted Additional executed UPCs from the Fantex era (2013-2016) — Fantex-filed material contracts under SEC Reg S-K Item 601 also include executed UPCs for other athletes. Search EDGAR CIK 1573683 for additional exhibits. Useful for a small corpus of executed UPCs vs. the templates. Phase 4.
5 acquired in this category
  • acquired Uniform Player Contract, pre-1976 (reserve clause era) — needs_review 2026-05-18. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared via two concrete pre-Messersmith contract examples**: 1960 Houston Buffs NAPBL Standard Player Contract (template form, 4 pp, in contracts-and-rules) and 1974 Donn Seidholz NAPBL Minor League Contract (executed form, 4 pp, in minor-league). Both from funwhileitlasted.net defunct-leagues archive.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2007-2011 cycle — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2012-2016 cycle — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR — Heaney UPC's parent CBA.
  • acquired MLB Basic Agreement 2017-2021 cycle — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR — Tony Clark's first full CBA.
  • acquired Major League Rules 2026 — needs_review 2026-05-17; 243 pages from MLBPA agent portal.

Antitrust and Courts

  • wanted Piazza v. MLB (1993) — 831 F. Supp. 420 (E.D. Pa.). Listed in BoB archive. Source lead: BoB Wayback, Justia. Phase 1.
11 acquired in this category
  • acquired Federal Baseball Club v. National League (1922) — verified 2026-05-17.
  • acquired Toolson v. New York Yankees (1953) — verified 2026-05-17.
  • acquired Flood v. Kuhn (1972) — verified 2026-05-17.
  • acquired Charles O. Finley & Co. v. Kuhn (1978) — **VERIFIED** 2026-05-17 via three independent sources: BoB Wayback PDF + OpenJurist HTML + SABR PDF.
  • acquired Portland Baseball Club v. Kuhn (1971, D-Oregon) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired Portland Baseball Club v. Kuhn (1974, 9th Cir.) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired City of San Jose v. MLB (2015) — needs_review 2026-05-17; needs second-source confirmation, FindLaw/Justia blocked via web_fetch.
  • acquired Salerno v. American League (1970), 429 F.2d 1003 — **VERIFIED** 2026-05-18 via two independent sources: Justia print-to-PDF (4 pp, with Wayback snapshot Dec 5, 2022) + CourtListener reprint (3 pp). Tertiary ilide.info/Scribd reprint held as supplementary. Pre-existing OpenJurist HTML stub retained as a structural pointer. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** Judge Friendly's panel; immediate doctrinal predecessor to Flood v. Kuhn.
  • acquired Messersmith-McNally arbitration ruling (1975) — collection folder updated 2026-05-18. Now contains: 2 secondary sources (Heuer + Fetter) **AND the W.D. Mo. district court enforcement ruling (KCR v MLBPA, 409 F. Supp. 233, Feb 3 1976, Judge John W. Oliver) AND the 8th Cir. affirmance (KCR v MLBPA, 532 F.2d 615, March 9 1976, Heaney, C.J.). Two Phase 1 wantlist hits cleared.** Remaining: primary 66 LA 101 Seitz award text (Cornell Kheel Center / HeinOnline). The 8th Cir. ruling is in archive as `1976-03-09_caselaw_kansas-city-royals-v-mlbpa-8th-cir`; needs a second source for promotion to `verified` — OpenJurist was Cloudflare-blocked; Casemine / Leagle / anylaw / Google Scholar / FindLaw are alternative leads.
  • acquired Gardella v. Chandler (1949) — needs_review 2026-05-18 via hallapproved.com (2d Cir., 18 pp) + Justia (S.D.N.Y. 1948 dismissal, 6 pp). **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** Both procedural stages now in archive — district court dismissal under Federal Baseball + 2d Cir. reversal with Judge Frank's famous "industrial peonage" concurrence.
  • acquired Allegheny Base-Ball Club v. Bennett (1882) — needs_review 2026-05-17; needs second-source confirmation, e.g. Hathi Trust F. vol. 14 scan.

Legislation

4 acquired in this category
  • acquired Curt Flood Act of 1998 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via congress.gov upload. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via govinfo COMPS-12156 + uscode.house.gov current 15 USC Ch. 32. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via govinfo COMPS-3055 (as amended through 2004) + 1-page archive.org handout of original text. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via original Statutes at Large vol. 38 page 730 extract. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** The Sec. 6 / Sec. 20 labor exemption foundation.

Reports

4 acquired in this category
  • acquired Mitchell Report (2007) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via mlbstatic.com upload. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired Dowd Report (1989) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via thedowdreport.com upload. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired Blue Ribbon Panel on Baseball Economics (2000) — needs_review 2026-05-17; acquired via user upload from BoB Wayback. Was on Phase 1 wantlist; promoted.
  • acquired MMAC Financial Review of the Brewers (1994–2003) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (20 pp). Companion Brewers Limited Scope Review (2004) also acquired. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**

Drug and Conduct

  • wanted 2015 Joint DV Policy — full operative policy text — still wanted. The August 21, 2015 MLB_PR tweet (`https://x.com/MLB_PR/status/634825604274257920`; Wayback snapshots: x.com URL captured July 15, 2025; legacy twitter.com URL captured April 15, 2024) carries an image of a contemporaneous one-page joint MLB/MLBPA press release titled "Terms of Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy" with four labeled sections (A. Treatment and Intervention; B. Investigations; C. Discipline; D. Training, Education and Resources). That press-release summary is a credible pointer to the operative August 2015 policy but is not the full policy text (which would resemble the 19-page 2023-05-09 refresh already in the archive). **Acquisition lead**: BoB Wayback snapshots of mlb.com 2015-2016 era policy posts; Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment Law Blog (covered DV policy extensively in the 2015-2016 timeframe). Also possibly recoverable as an exhibit in MLB's discipline arbitrations of the period (Chapman Feb 2016; Reyes May 2016; Familia 2017). Phase 1.
3 acquired in this category
  • acquired 1991 Vincent Memo — needs_review 2026-05-17 via BoB Wayback upload.
  • acquired 1997 Selig Drug Policy Memo — needs_review 2026-05-18 via SABR Business of Baseball Files (6 pp, image-only). **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** Vincent → Selig → JDA pre-modern drug-policy chain now complete in archive.
  • acquired Current JDPTP (2022-2026) — verified 2026-05-17; bit-identical MLBPA + MLB mirror.

Hearings

  • wanted 1957–58 Celler Hearings on Organized Baseball — still wanted; correct title is **"Organized Professional Team Sports — Hearings before the Antitrust Subcommittee (Subcommittee No. 5) of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 85th Congress, 1st Session"** (with continuation in the 2d Session). Held June-August 1957 with a follow-up wave in 1958. Source leads: GPO (govinfo.gov), HeinOnline, ProQuest Congressional, possibly Hathi Trust. **2026-05-18 attempt note**: three Congressional-vintage PDFs uploaded by alex were inspected and confirmed NOT to be these hearings — `GPO-CRECB-1957-pt1-6-3.pdf` is January 10, 1957 Congressional Record Extensions of Remarks (general topics including newsprint, not baseball); `Hearings July 10, 1958 ...` is "Judicial Review of Deportation and Exclusion Orders" (Subcommittee No. 1, deportation, not baseball); `umn-31951d03669360m-1779139619.pdf` is "Consent Decree Program of the Department of Justice — PIPELINES" (right subcommittee No. 5, wrong subject). All three returned to uploads; none filed. Phase 1.
5 acquired in this category
  • acquired 1951 Celler Hearings — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (parts 1 + 2). **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2002 Senate Judiciary Hearing 107-427 — needs_review 2026-05-17 via BoB Wayback upload.
  • acquired 2005 House Government Reform Committee steroid hearings (March, May, follow-up) — needs_review 2026-05-18 via SABR upload. **Three Phase 1 wantlist hits cleared in a single collection.** The 409-page master compilation + 19 individual witness testimony files acquired as `2005_hearings_steroid-batch/`. Covers the March 17 hearing (the famous McGwire / Palmeiro / Sosa / Canseco / Schilling / Thomas panel) plus the follow-up hearings throughout 2005.
  • acquired Senate Commerce Committee separate post-2005 hearings — not in this batch; would still be a separate Phase 1 wantlist item if not captured by the House master record.
  • acquired House Oversight Mitchell Report hearings — needs_review 2026-05-17 via govinfo.gov upload (CHRG-110hhrg55749). **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**

Phase 2 — Recent and ongoing

Lawsuits and rulings

11 acquired in this category
  • acquired Piazza v. MLB (1993) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 1993 Cardtoons v. MLBPA — needs_review 2026-05-17 via Justia upload (district court 1993 + 10th Cir. 2000). **2026-05-18 update**: the 1996 10th Cir. panel ruling (95 F.3d 959, Tacha, C.J.) acquired via hallapproved.com upload and filed as `1996-08-27_caselaw_cardtoons-v-mlbpa-10th-cir-1996`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Status `needs_review` — single source (hallapproved.com); Justia URL identified as second-source lead for promotion to `verified`.
  • acquired MLBPA v. Garvey (SCOTUS, 2001) — **VERIFIED** 2026-05-17 via two independent sources.
  • acquired Fox Sports Net North v. Minnesota Twins Partnership (8th Cir. 2003), 319 F.3d 329 — **VERIFIED** 2026-05-18 via hallapproved.com + Justia. Heaney, C.J.'s opinion on the 1998 Twins-MSC Telecast Agreement's "acceptable stadium solution" clause. Filed in `broadcasting-and-ip/`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Note: the wantlist date "2001" reflects the May 30, 2001 filing date; the operative appellate ruling is 2003.
  • acquired Popov v. Hayashi (Cal. Super. Ct. S.F. County 2002) — **VERIFIED** 2026-05-18 via Berkeley journalism school PDF + Prof. Roger Ford UNH Law (Westlaw reprint). Judge McCarthy's Statement of Decision; equitable-division remedy for the Bonds 73rd HR ball. Filed in `antitrust-and-courts/`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** **2026-05-19 fidelity audit demoted to needs_review** — for fabricated quoted-text in `key_provisions`. **2026-05-19 Pass C deep review** retracted the audit's secondary "truncated PDF" finding: the local PDF is in fact 12 pages (not 11) and the disposition language — *"the ball must be sold and the proceeds divided equally between the parties"* — is verbatim on p. 12, immediately preceding Judge McCarthy's December 18, 2002 signature line. The Westlaw additional file (14 pp) contains the same disposition verbatim on its p. 14. Pass C corrected `file.pages` 11 → 12, rewrote `file.processing_notes`, and replaced the prior paraphrase-with-disclaimer in `key_provisions[0]` with the verbatim disposition text from p. 12. Status remains `needs_review` (the fabricated-quotes basis for the demotion stands); re-promotion is now mechanically supported but pending a fresh content-verification pass. See `research-logs/discrepancies/2026-05-19_popov-fabricated-quotes-and-truncated-pdf.md` (with Pass C amendment block prepended) and `2026-05-19_pass-c-deep-metadata-review.md` §B.1.
  • acquired **Popov v. Hayashi — complete Statement of Decision** — previously sought as an acquisition target because the local copies were thought to be truncated. **Pass C 2026-05-19 retracted that truncation claim**: the local PDF is complete (12 pp; full disposition on p. 12) and the Westlaw additional file is also complete (14 pp). No separate acquisition needed. **Phase 2 wantlist target withdrawn.**
  • acquired Montreal Expos minority owners' RICO complaint — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (45 pp). **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** **Date discrepancy resolved 2026-05-19 Pass C follow-through** via direct PDF inspection: the filing date is **July 16, 2002** in the **U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida** (case caption per PDF p. 1; Civ-No. blank on the filing copy). The prior note that the complaint was "filed 2000, not 2002 as originally entered" had it inverted — the original metadata date `2002` was correct; it was the filename's `2000` prefix and the signature-line typo "Dated: July 16, 2000" that were wrong. The PDF's own Subject metadata reads "July 16, 2002 Complaint" and the substantive allegations reference defendant misrepresentations during 2001, which are impossible to plead in a July 2000 filing. The named plaintiffs are fourteen Canadian corporate entities (BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., BCE Inc., Cascades Inc., Esarbee Investments Limited, Fairmont Hotel & Resorts Inc., Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec, Fonds de Solidarité des Travailleurs du Québec, Freemark Holdings Inc., Loblaws Inc., M&S Sports Inc., Provigo Inc., Telemedia Communications Inc., 98362 Canada Inc., 114114 Canada Inc.), not the "Stephen Bronfman, Avie Bennett, et al." that the prior metadata had inferred. Filename now `2002-07-16_filing_expos-minority-owners-rico-complaint`; old filename preserved in `file.previous_filenames`.
  • acquired 2002 Commissioner Statement on Expos Minority Partners — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload. Companion to RICO complaint. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2005 C.B.C. Distribution v. MLBAM — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload. Foundational fantasy-sports First Amendment case. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** **2026-05-18 update**: the 8th Cir. 2007 appeal (505 F.3d 818, Arnold, J., for the majority; Colloton, J., dissenting in part) acquired via the court's own ECF PDF (`063357P.pdf`) plus the bit-identical Justia mirror; filed as `2007-10-16_caselaw_cbc-distribution-v-mlbam-8th-cir`; promoted to verified 2026-05-18. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Full CBC procedural chain — 2005 district court ruling + 2007 8th Cir. affirmance — now complete in archive. **2026-05-19 Pass C demoted the 8th Cir. ruling back to needs_review** — prior metadata had characterized this as a unanimous panel affirmance and made no mention of Judge Colloton's dissent in part (pp. 11–13 of the 13-page PDF; the metadata had also recorded `file.pages: 8` and an 8-page abstract that excluded the dissent entirely). Pass C updated panel listing, abstract, key_provisions, quoted_excerpts, and file.pages to reflect the actual 2-1 disposition; re-promotion to verified pending a clean read of the corrected file. See `research-logs/discrepancies/2026-05-19_pass-c-deep-metadata-review.md` §B.2 and §C.4.
  • acquired 2005 City of Anaheim v. Superior Court of Orange County (Angels naming) — Summary of Opinions acquired 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (5 pp). **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** **2026-05-18 update**: full opinion now acquired via City of Anaheim PIO Wayback archive — 30-page June 27, 2005 Cal. Ct. App. writ-denial opinion (G035159) filed as `2005-06-27_caselaw_anaheim-v-superior-court-writ-denial`. Underlying complaint also acquired (`2005-01-04_filing_anaheim-v-angels-complaint`, 16 pp). The post-trial December 19, 2008 Cal. Ct. App. ruling (G037202) added via fearnotlaw.com secondary reprint (`2008-12-19_caselaw_anaheim-v-angels-trial-appeal-fearnotlaw-reprint`); needs official court file for promotion to `verified`.
  • acquired United States v. Cleveland Indians — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (1996 procedural stage; tax treatment of collusion back-pay). **2026-05-18 update**: the 2001 SCOTUS ruling (532 U.S. 200, decided April 17, 2001) **VERIFIED** via four official SCOTUS files (bench-slip syllabus + Ginsburg majority + Scalia concurrence + U.S. Reports preliminary print) acquired via user upload. Cross-checked against Justia (`supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/532/200/`) and Cornell LII (`law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-203.ZS.html`). Filed as `2001-04-17_caselaw_united-states-v-cleveland-indians-scotus`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**

Hearings and statements

  • wanted 2005 Palmeiro statement re: positive test — Source lead: BoB Wayback. Phase 2.
4 acquired in this category
  • acquired 2001 Jerry Bell testimony on contraction — needs_review 2026-05-18 via Doug Pappas SABR Roadside Photos archive (`roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/Bell.htm`). Twins president T. Geron Bell before House Judiciary, December 6, 2001, one month after Selig's 28-2 owner vote on contraction. Filed as `2001-12-06_testimony_jerry-bell-twins-contraction-house-judiciary`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Second source pending — House Judiciary's own published hearing record (107th Congress, 1st Session) if produced.
  • acquired 2005 Davis-Waxman letter to Selig and Fehr re: 2005 steroid hearings — needs_review 2026-05-18 via SABR upload in the `2005_hearings_steroid-batch/` collection. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2005 Report on Investigation Into Rafael Palmeiro's March 17, 2005 Testimony — needs_review 2026-05-18 via SABR upload (46 pp; Nov. 10, 2005). **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2005 Integrity in Professional Sports Act (S. 1960) — needs_review 2026-05-18 via SABR upload. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** McCain's federal-uniform-PED-testing bill.

Franchise transactions

  • wanted Marlins sale to Sherman/Jeter (2017) — Source lead: news archive, Florida Sports Commission. Phase 2.
  • wanted Mets sale to Steve Cohen (2020) — Source lead: news archive, possible litigation filings. Phase 2.
1 acquired in this category
  • acquired 2004 MLB memo on sale of Dodgers (Fox to McCourt) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload.

Stadium agreements

  • wanted Globe Life Field public financing docs (2017) — Texas Rangers Arlington stadium. Source lead: City of Arlington records. Phase 2.
  • wanted Las Vegas Athletics relocation and stadium agreements (2023+) — Source lead: Nevada legislative records, Clark County records, MLB public statements. Phase 2.
  • wanted Truist Park public financing (Atlanta Braves) — Cobb County records. Phase 2.
5 acquired in this category
  • acquired 2002 Washington D.C.–MLB Memorandum of Understanding — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (3 pp). Predecessor to 2004 Stadium Agreement. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2004 DCSEC Baseball Stadium Agreement — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload. ~$611M Nationals Park public financing. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2004 Anacostia Ballpark Economic Forecast — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (31 pp). Public-investment justification report. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2005 Proposed Lease Agreement (Baseball Expos LP / DCSEC) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (108 pp). **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**
  • acquired 2005 No-Relocation Agreement draft (Baseball Expos LP / DCSEC) — needs_review 2026-05-17 via SABR upload (28 pp). **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.**

Recent CBA-era

  • wanted 2020 COVID-era memoranda of understanding — prorated pay agreements. **2026-05-18 research attempt note**: the March 26, 2020 MoU between MLB and MLBPA on prorated pay and 2020 season operations is not publicly hosted on mlb.com or mlbplayers.com. The cleanest acquisition path is PACER — the MoU was attached as an exhibit in the May 2021 MLBPA grievance over prorated pay and in the related federal litigation around the 60-game season Manfred ultimately imposed. National Law Review and contemporaneous news outlets have summaries; the operative document text would need to come from a court-filing exhibit. Phase 2.
  • wanted 2022 lockout-end agreement and side letters — Source lead: MLBPA, MLB. Phase 2.
  • wanted Universal DH adoption documentation — Source lead: CBA appendix. Phase 2.

Phase 3 — Historical depth

Pre-1950

  • wanted Early Uniform Player Contracts (1880s–1920s) — Source lead: Hall of Fame Library, Reach Guides via Hathi Trust. Phase 3.
  • wanted 1946 MLB Steering Committee document — listed in BoB archive. Phase 3.
  • wanted Pre-WWII reserve clause arbitration and litigation — Phase 3.

Phase 4 — Specialized and supplementary

Uncategorized

  • wanted MLBPA agent regulations (current and recent prior) — Phase 4.
  • wanted MLBPA pension plan documents — Phase 4.
  • wanted Salary arbitration rulings (selected) — Phase 4.
  • wanted MLB-NPB Posting Agreement (current and predecessors) — **2026-05-18 research attempt note**: the 2017 revision of the posting agreement was widely covered in news outlets and is summarized in MLB.com press release `mlb-clubs-ratify-new-posting-system-agreement-with-npb-262712102` and accompanying MLB.com news articles. However, the full agreement text was not located as a publicly hosted document in this research pass — the press releases summarize the terms (sliding-scale release fees: 20% of first $25M of guaranteed value; 17.5% of next $25M; 15% of value over $50M; 25% flat for minor-league contracts; 30-day negotiation window; annual posting window Nov. 1 - Dec. 5) but do not reproduce the agreement itself. Acquisition paths: NPB's own archives, an MLB Labor Relations Department FOIA-equivalent, or a leaked PDF surfaced through legal-news outlets. Phase 4.
  • wanted MLB-KBO Posting Agreement — Phase 4.
  • wanted International signing rules and bonus pool documentation — Phase 4.
  • wanted Professional Baseball Agreement (MLB-MiLB historical) — Phase 4.
  • wanted 2020 MiLB contraction documentation — Phase 4.
1 acquired in this category
  • acquired Dowd Report moved to Phase 1.

Discovered, awaiting triage

Uncategorized

2 acquired in this category
  • acquired Silverman v. MLB Player Relations Committee, 880 F. Supp. 246 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) — needs_review 2026-05-18 via Justia. The **Sonia Sotomayor Section 10(j) NLRB injunction** that ended the 1994-95 strike. 21 pp. **Newly discovered; no prior wantlist entry.** Now in `arbitration-and-grievances/`. The 2d Cir. affirmance (67 F.3d 1054, Sept. 1995) would be a natural follow-up acquisition.
  • acquired Senior Professional Baseball Association (SPBA) Standard Player Contract, 1989-90 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via funwhileitlasted.net. Defunct independent-league contract structure. Reference document for alternate-league contract comparisons.

Commissioner discipline / Best Interests chain (research-confirmed, partly acquired 2026-05-18)

Uncategorized

  • wanted Bauer arbitration ruling, Dec 22, 2022 (Martin Scheinman) reducing 324-game suspension to 194 games — **2026-05-19 research attempt note: full written decision is not publicly available.** The arbitration award is governed by the collectively-bargained confidentiality provisions of the Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Multiple contemporaneous reports (Washington Post, ESPN, AP) confirm the outcome (194-game suspension reduced from 324; reinstated effective immediately) but the underlying reasoning, findings of fact, and analytic framework of Scheinman's award are not in any public source. Acquisition would require either a leak via court filing (none surfaced) or a release of confidentiality by MLB and MLBPA jointly. Add to research-logs/discrepancies if a partial release surfaces. Phase 2.
  • wanted Kris Bryant service-time grievance ruling, Jan 29, 2020 (Mark Irvings, neutral arbitrator) — **2026-05-19 research attempt note: full 42-page written decision is not publicly available.** AP obtained excerpts in March 2020 which were widely reproduced (Bleacher Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Spokesman-Review, others). Confidential under Article XI grievance procedure of the Basic Agreement. The excerpts establish (a) Irvings denied the grievance ("The association could not satisfy its burden of proving that the Cubs' assignments of Bryant were done in bad faith to mask service time manipulation") and (b) the decision did not reach the broader question of whether teams may manipulate service time. Note date correction in this pass: the operative date is **January 29, 2020**, not 2018 as initially scoped. Phase 2.
  • wanted Manfred Wander Franco DV/sexual-abuse discipline decision — **2026-05-19 research attempt note: this document does not exist as of May 19, 2026.** Franco was placed on MLB administrative leave Aug 13, 2023 and moved to the restricted list in July 2024 after failure to report; the MLB JDV Policy investigation remains open. Dominican criminal conviction June 26, 2025 (two-year suspended sentence for sexual abuse/exploitation of a minor; acquitted of human trafficking and commercial exploitation) was overturned by Dominican appeals court Dec 9, 2025; retrial scheduled March 30, 2026. No MLB Manfred discipline decision has been issued; no specific suspension length has been announced. My initial "324-game" framing for this entry was a confusion with the Bauer case (Bauer received the 324-game suspension). Re-evaluate post-Dominican-retrial. Phase 2.
8 acquired in this category
  • acquired Pete Rose / A. Bartlett Giamatti Agreement and Resolution, Aug. 23, 1989 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via Baseball Almanac HTML transcription. Filed as `commissioner-decisions/1989-08-23_agreement_rose-giamatti-permanent-ineligibility`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Second source pending — best paths: (a) Rose v. Giamatti court-filing exhibit (S.D. Ohio Docket C-2-89-577; referenced in 721 F. Supp. 906); (b) Goldin 2024 auction-house scan of the original signed pages; (c) Hall of Fame Library reproduction. Page count discrepancy noted: Baseball Almanac says 5 pages; the Goldin 2024 auction described 4 pages — to be resolved on second-source acquisition.
  • acquired Steinbrenner ban order, July 30, 1990, Commissioner Fay Vincent — **2026-05-18 research attempt note**: the only credible public source identified was Deadspin (`deadspin.com/fbi-docs-how-george-steinbrenner-helped-kill-off-baseb-5883511`), which is single-source and a secondary publisher. Deadspin shut down its archive in late 2023/2024; live availability uncertain. Wayback Machine is the realistic retrieval path. Acquisition paths: (a) Fay Vincent's papers at Yale University Library; (b) Steinbrenner-side court filings (he sued briefly to challenge the ban); (c) NY Times archive (contemporaneous coverage). Phase 2.
  • acquired Manfred Red Sox/Yankees Apple Watch statement, Sept. 15, 2017 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via MLB.com primary press release. Filed as `commissioner-decisions/2017-09-15_statement_manfred-red-sox-yankees-apple-watch`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Wayback snapshot and second-source confirmation (CNBC, SI, NBC News all carried verbatim) pending.
  • acquired Manfred Astros sign-stealing decision, Jan. 13, 2020 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via MLB CDN primary PDF (9 pp). Filed as `commissioner-decisions/2020-01-13_decision_manfred-astros-sign-stealing`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Confirmation via Washington Post Context page (Wayback July 23, 2025); primary URL Wayback snapshot pending.
  • acquired Manfred Marcano + 4 gambling-suspensions decision, June 4, 2024 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via MLB.com news primary. Filed as `commissioner-decisions/2024-06-04_decision_manfred-marcano-gambling-suspensions`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Wayback snapshot and June 4 vs. June 6 mlb.com/press-release date reconciliation pending.
  • acquired MLB Ohtani-Mizuhara closure statement, June 4, 2024 — needs_review 2026-05-18 via MLB.com news article hosting the verbatim 4-sentence MLB statement. Filed as `commissioner-decisions/2024-06-04_statement_mlb-ohtani-mizuhara-closure`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Date corrected in this pass — June 4, 2024 (same day as Mizuhara's federal guilty plea and Marcano announcement), not October 17, 2024 as initially scoped.
  • acquired Manfred Red Sox / Watkins sign-stealing decision, April 22, 2020 — needs_review 2026-05-19 via MLB CDN primary PDF (15 pp). Filed as `commissioner-decisions/2020-04-22_decision_manfred-red-sox-sign-stealing`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared.** Disciplines J.T. Watkins and forfeits Red Sox 2020 second-round draft pick; explicitly clears Alex Cora and most of the 2018 roster (Cora's separate suspension through 2020 Postseason was for his 2017 Astros bench-coach role per the Jan 13, 2020 Astros decision, not for this 2018 Red Sox conduct). Wayback snapshot capture pending.
  • acquired Manfred posthumous reinstatement of Pete Rose et al., May 13, 2025 — needs_review 2026-05-19 via MLB CDN primary PDF (3-page Manfred-to-Lenkov letter). Filed as `commissioner-decisions/2025-05-13_letter_manfred-rose-posthumous-reinstatement`. **Phase 2 wantlist hit cleared (new addition).** The most operationally significant Rule 21 action since 1989: holds that "permanent ineligibility ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual," reinstating 17 deceased ineligibles including Rose, the 1919 Black Sox, and 8 pre-1944 ineligibles. Operationally amends Hall of Fame Rule 3(E) via the underlying Ineligible List without changing Rule 3(E)'s text. Sportico (Penske Media) provides independent contemporaneous confirmation; Wayback snapshot capture pending.

SCOTUS antitrust trilogy lower-court rulings (Phase 1 enrichment)

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  • wanted Federal Baseball Club v. National League, 269 F. 681 (D.C. Cir. 1920) — the D.C. Cir. predecessor to the 1922 SCOTUS ruling already in archive. **2026-05-18 research attempt note**: free, independent, primary-quality reproductions of pre-1925 D.C. Cir. opinions are thin on the public web. The opinion is referenced at SABR (`sabr.org/supreme-court/1922`) and vLex (`case-law.vlex.com/vid/national-league-of-professional-892061526`), but HeinOnline (paywalled) is the strongest second source. CourtListener may have it but the cite-disambiguation between the 1920 D.C. Cir. and the 1922 SCOTUS is uncertain. Acquisition would benefit from a HeinOnline subscription or a law-school library scan. Phase 1.
  • wanted Flood v. Kuhn, 309 F. Supp. 793 (S.D.N.Y. 1970) — Judge Cooper's preliminary-injunction denial; URL `law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/309/793/2095986/` identified, full-text retrieval via web_fetch returned empty body in this pass (likely Justia anti-scraping). User may also wish to acquire **Flood v. Kuhn, 316 F. Supp. 271 (S.D.N.Y. 1970)** — Cooper's bench-trial judgment opinion, which is the ruling the Second Circuit actually affirmed (at 443 F.2d 264). Phase 1.
  • wanted Flood v. Kuhn, 443 F.2d 264 (2d Cir. 1971) — Waterman, J., for the panel of Waterman, Moore, and Feinberg, JJ. (Moore concurring). NOT Friendly — confirmed via WebSearch this pass; my earlier Salerno metadata error claiming Friendly sat on this panel has been corrected. URL `law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/443/264/245613/` identified; second source `law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/443/443.F2d.264.608.35424_1.html`. Full-text retrieval pending. Phase 1.
1 acquired in this category
  • acquired Radovich v. NFL, 352 U.S. 445 (1957) — needs_review 2026-05-18 via Cornell LII. Filed as `antitrust-and-courts/1957-02-25_caselaw_radovich-v-nfl`. **Phase 1 wantlist hit cleared.** The case that limited the Federal Baseball / Toolson exemption to baseball-only and originated the canonical "unrealistic, inconsistent, or illogical" phrasing that Friendly quoted in Salerno. Second source pending — Justia URL identified but full-text retrieval blocked at the URL in this pass; Library of Congress URL `loc.gov/item/usrep352445` identified as tertiary path.

Source: catalog/WANTLIST.md in the archive. When a document is acquired its entry moves into the catalog and is preserved here as a resolved-acquired marker.