1917 Winter Meetings: War? What War?
Introduction and Context
Now fully invested in the Great War…
1920 Winter Meetings: The Year that Rocked Baseball and Changed it Forever
Baseball fans love numbers — 755, 511, 2,632, for instance,…
1925 Winter Meetings: Different Script, Same Cast
Introduction and Context
Once again the American and National…
1926 Winter Meetings: Changing of the Guard
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
The…
1927 Winter Meetings: A Little on the Drafty Side
Introduction
Deep in the heart of Texas, the National Association…
1928 Winter Meetings: The Draft Mess and Glimpses into the Future
Introduction
The annual baseball winter meetings of 1928 took…
1929 Winter Meetings: Let’s All Play by the Same Rules
Introduction
The National Association of Professional Baseball…
1930 Winter Meetings: The Judge and the Mahatma Debate the Chain Store System
Prologue
The American National Leagues each held individual…
1931 Winter Meetings: Baseball Gets a Taste of Depression
As the major-league ownership gathered in Chicago, Illinois from…
1932 Winter Meetings: Wealth of Changes Revitalizes Baseball in Poor Times
Introduction and Context
America was engulfed in the Great…
1933 Winter Meetings: The Sell-Off
Introduction and Context
Some of the best players in baseball…
1934 Winter Meetings: The Reds Go Under the Lights While the Braves Go to the Dogs
The 1934 baseball winter meetings could very easily have just…
1935 Winter Meetings: Inspirational Delegates Churn Cream Into Butter
Introduction and Context
The National Association didn’t…
1936 Winter Meetings: Home Plate and Hurlers
The 1936 Winter Meetings were not the most exciting session.…
1937 Winter Meetings: More Business Than Baseball
Introduction and Context
In 1937, both the National and the…
1939 Winter Meetings: Tie Goes To The Commissioner
Introduction and Context
The 1939 baseball winter meetings…
1950 Winter Meetings: The Happy Dagger
Introduction and Context
The 1950 winter meetings were held…
1951 Winter Meetings: Open Classification
Introduction
At the 1951 Winter Meetings, the major topic of…
1952 Winter Meetings: Changing Demographics and Broadcast Challenges
Described by Edward Burns of the Chicago Tribune as “one of…
1953 Winter Meetings: Pension Collision
Supreme Court Involvement
On November 9, 1953, a month after…
1954 Winter Meetings: Looking West
The 1954 Winter Meetings opened on December 6 at New York’s…
1955 Winter Meetings: Majors and Minors Clash Over Money
The 1955 major-league baseball season went pretty much as predicted,…
1956 Winter Meetings: A Love-Fest
The 1956 Winter Meetings of the two major leagues were scheduled…
1957 Winter Meetings: Sunday Night Fight
The 1957 baseball Winter Meetings, held in Colorado Springs,…