
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…

1971 Winter Meetings: The Swap Meet
Background
The 1971 baseball Winter Meetings took place in Phoenix,…

1972 Winter Meetings: Calm Between Storms
Background
The 1972 baseball Winter Meetings played host to…

1973 Winter Meetings: Managerial Confusion, Ron Santo Reacts, & The Padres’ Dilemma
Introduction and Context
In 1973, when 24 teams existed in major-league…

1974 Winter Meetings: Détente Before The Storm
Introduction and Context
The 74th annual Winter Meetings were…

1975 Winter Meetings: The Threat of Free Agency and the Return of the Master Showman
In an atmosphere of uncertainty and anxiety, more than 1,400…

1976 Winter Meetings: Changing Demographics and Broadcast Challenges
What a difference a year makes.
When an estimated 1,200 baseball…

1977 Winter Meetings: So Much Promise, But Wait Till Next Year
The 1977 major-league baseball season witnessed two new teams…

1978 Winter Meetings: Figuring Out Free Agency
By the fall of 1978 modern free agency was entering its third…

1979 Winter Meetings: First Chance at a Post-Free Agency CBA
Toronto hosted the 1979 winter meetings at the Sheraton Centre,…

1980 Winter Meetings: Future Hall of Famers in the Spotlight
Introduction and Context
With the inauguration of free agency…