1867 Winter Meetings: National Association of Base Ball Players Annual Convention

As the annual convention of the National Association of Base…

1937 Winter Meetings: More Business Than Baseball

Introduction and Context In 1937, both the National and the…

1868 Winter Meetings: ‘The Most Brilliant Season’ or ‘A Lamentable Failure’

As the 1867 baseball season drew to a close, the sport was meeting…

1938 Winter Meetings: Out of the Hat

Introduction and Context In 1938, the major leagues returned…

1869 Winter Meetings: Pivot To Professionalism

The baseball season of 1868 ended with the National Association…

1939 Winter Meetings:  Tie Goes To The Commissioner

Introduction and Context The 1939 baseball winter meetings…

1870 Winter Meetings: The Calm Before the Storm

As 1869 was coming to a close, baseball and the nation at large…

1940 Winter Meetings: Judge Landis’ Final Reign

The 1940 major-league winter meetings, held at Chicago's Palmer…

1871 Winter Meetings: The Winter of Three National Associations

The National Association of Base Ball Players held its 14th annual…

1872 Winter Meetings: Inconsistencies and Ineligibles

The last official game of the 1871 National Association season…

1941 Winter Meetings: War and Uncertainty

 Minor-League Winter Meeting The prospect of war cast a long…

1873 Winter Meetings: Avoiding the Issues

The 1872 National Association season had been disappointing,…

1942 Winter Meetings: Green Light Matters of Manpower and the Military

Introduction In January 1942, one month after the attack on…

1943 Winter Meetings: War on the Home Front

Introduction and Context Baseball’s 1943 winter meetings…

1874 Winter Meetings: Nine Men Are Quite Enough

Someone was missing from the 1874 National Association convention,…

1944 Winter Meetings: A New Era Without Landis

Introduction and Context As World War II seemed to be winding…

1945 Winter Meetings: Resuming Peacetime Baseball

For the first time since 1941, major-league baseball was able…

1875 Winter Meetings: The Force Case

When the delegates to the annual convention of the National Association…

1946 Winter Meetings: Tranquility and Turbulence

Punctuated by Enos Slaughter’s mad dash around the bases…

1875 Winter Meetings: The Origin of the National League

We the undersigned, Professional Base Ball Clubs of the United…

1947 Winter Meetings: Latin America, Leo the Lip, and High School Hijinks

The annual Winter Meetings of the National Association ventured…

1876 Winter Meetings: In the Face of Crisis

The first season of the National League ended on a bittersweet…

1877 Winter Meetings: Scandals, New Rules, and Franchise Changes

The 1877 season did not turn out well financially for the National…

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