2010 Winter Meetings: Baseball’s Movers and Shakers Convene in the Sunshine State

Among the more noteworthy events in major-league baseball in…

2011 Winter Meetings: Breaking the Budget in the Offseason

The 2011 Winter Meetings took place in Dallas from December 5…

2012 Winter Meetings: Laying Groundwork

Introduction The 2012 Winter Meetings returned to the Gaylord…

2013 Winter Meetings: It All Happened the Week Before

Introduction The 2013 Baseball Winter Meetings were held December…

2014 Winter Meetings: A New Dawn Rising

The 2014 major-league season ended with the San Francisco Giants…

2015 Winter Meetings: The Music City Plays Gracious Host for the Seventh Time

The 114th annual Baseball Winter Meetings were held in Nashville…

2016 Winter Meetings: Has A New Diamond Age Begun for Baseball?

Introduction The 2016 Baseball Winter Meetings were held at…

One Last Season in the Sun: The Saga of the Senior Professional Baseball Association

As shortstop Ivan De Jesus fired the ball across the diamond…

Walking It Off—Marlins Postseason Walk-Offs

Edgar Renteria started the Marlins’ walkoff “tradition”…

Take Me Out to the Courtroom: A Look at Baseball Cases in the Florida Courts

Baseball, more than any other sport, has had a central role in…

Download the 2016 TNP e-book

Read the 2016 TNP on your computer or e-reader in PDF, EPUB,…

Miami Amigos

The cover illustration to the Amigos program shows the distinctively…

El Presidente: The Life and Times of Dennis Martinez

  After being traded to Montreal, Dennis Martinez pitched…

Field of Schemes: The Spring Training Tryout of NFL Star ‘Jerry LeVias’

In 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida, according…

Spring Training, Safe at Home!, and Baseball-on-Screen in Florida

After their on-field exploits of 1961, Mickey Mantle and Roger…

Woody Smith: The Original Mr. Marlin

When you ask a Miami Marlins fan today, “Who is Mr. Marlin?”…

Satchel Paige: Twilight with the Marlins

Satchel Paige, shown here in Miami uniform, was brought to…

The Short but Exciting Life of the Havana Sugar Kings

The Havana Sugar Kings played in the International League between…

The Long Forgotten Florida International League

Connie Marrero (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)   The…

NAPBL Gathering in Miami Gave Birth to the Caribbean Series

The 46th National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues…

Black Baseball’s “Funmakers”: Taking the Miami Ethiopian Clowns Seriously

This undated publicity photo (circa 1944–49) of the Clowns…