Bertuzzi was in the last year of his contract with no guarantee he would re-sign with Florida in the off-season.

That off-season, Jovanovski was selected first overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

In the 2001 off-season, he was traded to the Florida Panthers, where his brother Pavel was playing.

Ankiel makes his off-season home in Jupiter, Florida, with wife, Lory.

Becoming an unrestricted free agent in the off-season, Higgins signed a one-year, US $ 1. 6 million deal with the Florida Panthers on July 2, 2010.

The following off-season, the Bears acquired Chris Leak, who had previously led the Florida Gators to a BCS Championship, shortly after the 2007 NFL Draft.

Glover signed with Tampa Bay for several reasons: he wanted to return to the United States, it was close to his off-season home of Lutz, Florida, and after a year in Japan he believed he was ready to break in to the big leagues for good.

In the 2005 – 06 off-season, the Florida Marlins were considering moving to San Antonio among other cities due to lack of funding for a new stadium.

In that same off-season, the Patrick brothers built two arenas in Vancouver and Victoria and formed the Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ).

Louisiana Superdome officials pursued negotiations with Athletics officials during the 1978 – 1979 baseball off-season about moving the Athletics to the Superdome in New Orleans.

During the off-season, though still active in baseball, Jackson worked as a field reporter and color commentator for ABC Sports.

A baseball fan for most ( if not all ) of his life, as well as playing semi-pro baseball as a second baseman during the 1970s ( drummer Jeff Simon played center field on the same team ), when asked about his rigorous touring schedule-specifically his " 50 / 50 " Tour ( 50 states in 50 days )-his immediate response was " Well, it was in the off-season.

Even during his baseball career, McDowell played guitar in various groups in the alternative rock genre, usually performing during the baseball off-season.

In the baseball off-season, he plays about five days per week.

Superdome officials pursued negotiations with Oakland Athletics officials during the 1978 – 1979 baseball off-season about moving the Athletics to the Superdome.

His football career ended during the off-season, when he broke his wrist playing in an amateur baseball league in Hawaii.

During the baseball off-season, Munson convinced local Nashville radio station WSM ( AM ) to broadcast Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball games with himself as the announcer.

Millar played college baseball at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, but he resides in Austin, Texas during the off-season.

Construction began during the off-season of 2008 while the stadium continued to be used for baseball.

( Until the 1879-80 off-season, every professional baseball player was a " free agent " for every season.

During the early 1900s, his pool-playing career was regarded positively by sports reporters -- in one article, he was praised as a baseball player who was not idle during the off-season ; he was said to have " double his diamond income " by being an accomplished pool player.

In his spare time during the baseball off-season, Gedman holds catching clinics all over central Massachusetts including Shrewsbury High School ( Massachusetts ) and Triple Play Batting Cages in Clinton, Massachusetts.

In the 1949 off-season, the Japanese professional baseball league drastically expanded itself, and many players from the Taiyo amateur team were recruited to join the professional leagues.

When writing his memoir of baseball in the New York 1950s, The Era, Roger Kahn included a footnote that quoted Walker directly about the Robinson issue and about the pressure against his off-season business, from a conversation the two men had after Walker finished giving batting tips to a pair of players, one white, the other black: " That's why I started that thing.

He was nominated because in the off-season he traveled throughout the United States and Latin America to deliver baseball equipment, medical supplies, and speak to kids of all ages to stress the importance of education and determination.

The argument escalated during the 1964 off-season, and the Japanese baseball commissioner was called in to make the final decision on which team Murakami would play with.

He lived in Sausalito, California, and would often go on long sailing trips in the baseball off-season on his ketch Varuna.

During the 1970 – 71 off-season, the Astros again promoted Richard: this time to Class-AAA baseball, one step below the major leagues, with the Oklahoma City 89ers of the now-defunct American Association.

During the baseball season they saw very little of each other, and during the off-season they could not agree on where to live: she did not want to move to upstate New York, and he did not want to live in Chicago.

After Saints football season and LSU football and basketball seasons, times will still vary until after LSU baseball season and is broadcast during football off-season times vary during off season on Saturdays and Sundays.

Still a talented baseball first baseman, during the basketball off-season in 1949 Clifton played for the Chicago American Giants in Negro League baseball.

They defeated the American League champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 series, which was notable for shortstop Edgar Renteria driving in second baseman Craig Counsell for the series-clinching run in the eleventh inning of the seventh and deciding game and the " fire sale " which occurred in the off-season following the dramatic win.

The biggest news of all during the off-season, though, was the issue of the reigning NL MVP Ryan Braun apparently testing positive for PED's and facing a possible 50-game suspension.

With eleven free agents excluding Jason Schmidt who signed with the Dodgers for roughly $ 15 million a year, a new manager on board with Bruce Bochy coming from division rival San Diego, and the loss of veteran catcher Mike Matheny due to complications resulting from concussions sustained during his career, the Giants ' prospects for the 2007 season were less than favorable going into the winter off-season.

During the off-season, improvements were made to Turnpike Stadium, which reopened as Arlington Stadium for the 1972 season.

The off-season saw perennial All-Star shortstop Michael Young ask for a trade when the team told him he would be moving to third base to make room for rookie Elvis Andrus.

In the off-season between the 1946 and season, Williams was offered a three-year, $ 300, 000 dollar contract to play for the Mexican League, which Williams declined.

Also during the off-season, the Redskins acquired Mark May, Russ Grimm, and Dexter Manley in the 1981 NFL Draft, all of whom became significant contributors to the team for the next few years.

Other band camps exist for individual band members, drum majors, and auxiliaries to practice their skills and learn generic techniques in the off-season.

During the off-season while playing for the Reds in the late 1950s, he attended Xavier University in Cincinnati.

The combination of modern facilities, mild winter weather and an airstrip made it popular amongst racing teams for car testing during the annual winter off-season.

He played in the World Baseball Classic for the American team that off-season with his father as a coach.

The USFL was conceived in 1965 by New Orleans, Louisiana, businessman David Dixon, who saw a market for a football league which would play while the established National Football League was in its off-season.

He signed on as a free agent for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the off-season.

In the off-season, the Flyers went looking for a new goaltender.

In the off-season, the Flyers re-vamped their lineup by signing Jeremy Roenick and finally trading Lindros to the Rangers for Kim Johnsson, Jan Hlavac, Pavel Brendl, and a 2003 third-round draft pick ( Stefan Ruzicka ).

Cechmanek was traded to Los Angeles for a 2004 second round draft pick during the off-season despite having the second-best goals-against average in the league over his three years in Philadelphia.

With the NHL preparing for looming labor unrest, the Flyers let their leading scorer, Mark Recchi, leave for Pittsburgh during the off-season.

Veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for prospect defenseman Braydon Coburn and disappointing off-season acquisition Kyle Calder was sent to the Detroit Red Wings via Chicago in exchange for defenseman Lasse Kukkonen.

After being matched by the Orlando Magic for J. J. Redick they signed their third free agent from the Jazz in the off-season in shooting guard Ronnie Brewer, traded for former Warrior point guard C. J.