Category Archive: Articles.Winter-Meetings-2-1958-2016

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…

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…

2008 Winter Meetings: Clouds Over the Game

When the movers and shakers of the baseball world descended on…

2010 Winter Meetings: Baseball’s Movers and Shakers Convene in the Sunshine State

Among the more noteworthy events in major-league baseball in…

2011 Winter Meetings: Breaking the Budget in the Offseason

The 2011 Winter Meetings took place in Dallas from December 5…

2012 Winter Meetings: Laying Groundwork

Introduction The 2012 Winter Meetings returned to the Gaylord…

2013 Winter Meetings: It All Happened the Week Before

Introduction The 2013 Baseball Winter Meetings were held December…

2014 Winter Meetings: A New Dawn Rising

The 2014 major-league season ended with the San Francisco Giants…