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…
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…
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…
1991 Winter Meetings: Vincent Expresses Concern for Small Market Clubs; Minors Choose a New Leader
Major-league baseball was coming off a momentous season in 1991.…
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,…