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…

1981 Winter Meetings: The Post-Strike Intrigue of Kuhn, Smith, and Templeton

Introduction and Context The disquieting year of 1981 featured…

1982 Winter Meetings: Dispirited and Argumentative

Despite the picturesque setting of Honolulu, baseball’s owners…

1983 Winter Meetings: The End of the Bowie Kuhn Era

Introduction The 1983 Baseball Winter Meetings were held at…

1984 Winter Meetings: Superstationary

The 1984 Winter Meetings in Houston, Texas, took place in the…

1985 Winter Meetings: Free-Agent Freezeout: Collusion I

Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers and Carlton Fisk of the Chicago…

1986 Winter Meetings: A Rigged Market: Collusion II

The 1985 Winter Meetings had showcased a then-record 62 free…

1987 Winter Meetings: Changing Times

Introduction and Context The 1987 winter meetings were held…

1988 Winter Meetings: Rangers Make Huge Splash

Introduction and context The 1988 Winter Meetings were held…

1989 Winter Meetings: Minor Moves Make Major Impacts

Dollar Disputes The twin specters of collusion in the recent…

1990 Winter Meetings: They Almost Didn’t Happen

Introduction The Winter Meetings of 1990 were held amid a…

1992 Winter Meetings: The Circus Comes To Town

The baseball community met at the Galt House hotel in downtown…

1993 Winter Meetings: A Cooling Hot Stove and Boiling Tempers

As tensions between owners, general managers, and players mounted,…

1994 Winter Meetings: Year-Round Labor Negotiations Resolve Strike

With interim Commissioner Bud Selig calling an end to the 1994…

1995 Winter Meetings: Interleague Play: Innovation or Abomination? 

The baseball Winter Meetings are usually a time when teams reflect…

1996 Winter Meetings: The Year That Brought Labor Peace

In 1996, for the first time in three years, major-league baseball…

1997 Winter Meetings: Minor-League Changes, Major-League Impact

On the afternoon of Saturday, December 14, 1996, a 700-foot,…

1998 Winter Meetings: Tempers Flare, Contracts Explode

"Free-agent frenzy."1 "Meat Market."2 Negotiations dominated…

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