MLB makes radical proposal on free agency as lockout looms

Major League Baseball, trying to create a similar free-agent frenzy that the NFL and NBA have each offseason, proposed a window and a December deadline for players to sign, freezing further signings until the first week of February.The proposal, which MLB formally sent to the players union Thursday, would have a “quiet period" from five days after the World Series until the first day of the winter meetings in December. Teams could re-sign their own free agents in that window, but would onl