
1896 Winter Meetings: The Height of Factionalism
The winter2 meetings of 1896-1897 were conducted at the height…

1953 Winter Meetings: Pension Collision
Supreme Court Involvement
On November 9, 1953, a month after…

1897 Winter Meetings: A Period of Good Feeling
The National League winter meetings of 1897-1898 were conducted…

1954 Winter Meetings: Looking West
The 1954 Winter Meetings opened on December 6 at New York’s…

1898 Winter Meetings: Little of Substance Accomplished
The good feelings of recent gatherings dissolved in New York…

1955 Winter Meetings: Majors and Minors Clash Over Money
The 1955 major-league baseball season went pretty much as predicted,…

1899 Winter Meetings: A Full Docket
Magnates attending the 1899 winter league meetings in New York…

1956 Winter Meetings: A Love-Fest
The 1956 Winter Meetings of the two major leagues were scheduled…

1899-1901 American League Winter Meetings: War on the Horizon
October 11-12, 1899
Great Northern Hotel, Chicago
On October…

1957 Winter Meetings: Sunday Night Fight
The 1957 baseball Winter Meetings, held in Colorado Springs,…

1900 Winter Meetings: A Threat of Competition
The main subjects considered by the magnates during the National…

1958 Winter Meetings: The Last Word in Utter Futility
Organized Baseball’s 1958 Winter Meetings were held in Washington…

1959 Winter Meetings: Winds of Change
As the 1959 Winter Meetings approached, both the nation and baseball…

1960 Winter Meetings: The Missouri Compromise
On November 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president, ushering…

1961 Winter Meetings: The Mets, the Colt .45s, and Debating the Return of the Spitball
In the winter of 1961, baseball fans were gearing up for an expansion…

1962 Winter Meetings: Addition by Subtraction
Rochester, New York, played host to the 1962 baseball winter…

1963 Winter Meetings: No Little League Bats Allowed
The 1963 baseball winter meetings were alive with discussion…

1964 Winter Meetings: Commissioner’s Powers, Free-Agent Draft & All-Star Voting
Major-league baseball’s 1964 Winter Meetings were conducted…

1965 Winter Meetings: Exit the Sportswriter and Enter the General
The 1965 Winter Meetings took place in Florida, with meeting…

1966 Winter Meetings: Tomorrow Never Knows
On August 29, 1966, the Beatles played what would be their final…

1967 Winter Meetings: Expansion, Inevitably
The 1967-68 offseason was launched in October when Kansas City…

1968 Winter Meetings: Down Goes Eckert
Background
Baseball was going through a time of transition as…

1969 Winter Meetings: Reorganization Talk
Background
As the 1969 baseball Winter Meetings approached,…

1970 Winter Meetings: Kuhn Thwarted
Background
Unlike the turmoil of the previous few winters, baseball…