
1947 Winter Meetings: Latin America, Leo the Lip, and High School Hijinks
The annual Winter Meetings of the National Association ventured…

1948 Winter Meetings: Concerns and Conflicts Regarding Televised Baseball Grow Stronger
The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues,…

1949 Winter Meetings: Bonuses, Bargains, and Broadcasts
Minor-League Winter Meeting
The 1949 Winter Meetings saw several…

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,…