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,…
The Best Baseball Story Ever?: Cecil “Stud” Cantrell, the Tampico Stogies, and Long Gone
Packaging from the video release of Long Gone.
Had…
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…
Blurring the Color Line: How Cuban Baseball Players Led to the Racial Integration of Major League Baseball
Rafael Almeida and Armando Marsans, who played for the Cincinnati…
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…
Spring Training in St. Petersburg: Its Beginnings and the Phillies’ Experience in 1915
Sitting in the bleachers at Coffee Pot Park during a break…