
1923-29 Winter Meetings: The Negro Leagues Come East
1923 Eastern Colored League
After the initial success in the…

1857 Winter Meetings: The First Baseball Convention
Early 1857 saw the first baseball convention, beginning a series…

1924 Winter Meetings: Big Drama in the Big Apple
Introduction and Context
As the American and National Leagues…

1858 Winter Meetings: Building on the Foundation
For baseball, 1857 had been a momentous year in its development…

1925 Winter Meetings: Different Script, Same Cast
Introduction and Context
Once again the American and National…

1926 Winter Meetings: Changing of the Guard
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
The…

1927 Winter Meetings: A Little on the Drafty Side
Introduction
Deep in the heart of Texas, the National Association…

1859 Winter Meetings: Growing Pains
On February 20, 1859, William Cauldwell, National Association…

1860 Winter Meetings: Convention of the National Association of Base Ball Players
Baseball had experienced tremendous growth during the 1859 playing…

1928 Winter Meetings: The Draft Mess and Glimpses into the Future
Introduction
The annual baseball winter meetings of 1928 took…

1861 Winter Meetings: The National Association of Base Ball Players
When the National Association of Base Ball Players voted unanimously…

1929 Winter Meetings: Let’s All Play by the Same Rules
Introduction
The National Association of Professional Baseball…

1930 Winter Meetings: The Judge and the Mahatma Debate the Chain Store System
Prologue
The American National Leagues each held individual…

1862 Winter Meetings: Static Rules and the Great Conflict
“The disturbed state of the country and the fact that the baseball…

1931 Winter Meetings: Baseball Gets a Taste of Depression
As the major-league ownership gathered in Chicago, Illinois from…

1863 Winter Meetings: The Game Remains the Same
As the Civil War continued to impact America, the population…

1932 Winter Meetings: Wealth of Changes Revitalizes Baseball in Poor Times
Introduction and Context
America was engulfed in the Great…

1864 Winter Meetings: To Fly or Not and Other Monumental Changes
Dr. Joseph Jones of the Excelsiors club, former president of…

1933 Winter Meetings: The Sell-Off
Introduction and Context
Some of the best players in baseball…

1865 Winter Meetings: National Association of Base Ball Players
In choosing December as the best month of the year in which to…

1934 Winter Meetings: The Reds Go Under the Lights While the Braves Go to the Dogs
The 1934 baseball winter meetings could very easily have just…

1866 Winter Meetings: National Association of Base Ball Players Annual Convention
The Civil War left the United States of America in shambles.…

1935 Winter Meetings: Inspirational Delegates Churn Cream Into Butter
Introduction and Context
The National Association didn’t…

1936 Winter Meetings: Home Plate and Hurlers
The 1936 Winter Meetings were not the most exciting session.…