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"I treasured going to the Winter Meetings. You don't see people for a whole year and then here you are, face to face, and trying to make a deal." -- from the Foreword by Roland Hemond, who has been attending Winter Meetings since 1952
This collection of articles about the Winter Meetings contains stories and hidden treasures that may help resolve moments of wonder that have periodically crossed your mind as a baseball fan or as a scholar.
So much of baseball history happened at the winter meetings. This book provides you with a historical answer to the business of baseball over many of the early years of the minor leagues, the National League, and the American League, and even features a chapter on the Eastern Colored League Winter Meetings. Important philosophies regarding chosen identity, reactions to societal trends, agreements on how to operate, approval of new members, and player transactions emerged from the discussions and decisions made at the winter meetings.
This book represents the first of two volumes to cover the history of Baseball's Winter Meetings. Volume One covers the years 1901 through 1957, and Volume Two (to be published in 2017) covers the years 1958 through 2016. The first volume covers the years of twentieth century baseball from the first year there were two "major leagues" -- the American League having begun as a major league in 1901 -- and running through the final year before expansion to the West Coast. The second volume brings coverage of the Winter Meetings through the 2016 gathering in San Diego.
Volume One comprises the collective work of a team of 38 SABR researchers and editors. The overall project was initiated by SABR's Business of Baseball Committee, the brainchild of editor Steve Weingarden. Volume Two will comprise the work of a number of the same authors and editors, but more than two dozen others. All in all, well over 60 SABR members will have contributed to this effort, including Abigail Miskowiec, Aimee Gonzalez, Andy Bokser, Bill Felber, Bill Nowlin, Bob LeMoine, Chris Jones, Christopher Matthews, Dale Voiss, Dennis Pajot, Ely Sussman, Eric Frost, Frederick C. Bush, Gary Levy, Gregory H. Wolf, Jacob Pomrenke, Jason C. Long, Jeremy Green, Jerry Nechal, Jim Howlenhaus, Jim Overmyer, Joe Marren, Marshall Adesman, Mike Lynch, Nick Klopsis, Nick Waddell, Paul Hensler, R.J. Lesch, Rich Bogovich, Roland Hemond, Silvio Sansano, Stephen R. Keeney, Steve Weingarden , Steven Bryant, Ted Leavengood, Travis Stern, and Zak Schmoll.
Sample Contents:
1901 FIRSTS, FOIBLES, AND FAILURES -- Jeremy Green
1902 A PEACE ACCORD -- Abigail Miskowiec
1903 MARRIED LIFE BEGINS -- Marshall Adesman
1904 POWER PLAY -- Steve Weingarden and Eric Frost
1905 CONTROVERSY OVER LEAGUE PRESIDENTS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT MEETINGS -- Dennis Pajot
1906 GRADUAL DE?TENTE, GROWING PAINS -- Christopher Matthews
1907 THE NEW COOPERATION -- "THE MANIFEST DESIRE TO ELEVATE THE GAME" -- Bill Nowlin
1908 MAJOR ISSUES IN THE MINORS, BRIBERY CHARGES, AND WORLD SERIES TICKET SCANDAL -- Dennis Pajot
1909 IF IT TAKES ALL WINTER -- Marshall Adesman
1910 HO-HUMAFFAIRS -- Dennis Pajot
1911 SCANDAL? WHAT SCANDAL? -- R J Lesch
1912 DISCUSSING INTERLEAGUE PLAY AND THE SLOW PACE OF THE GAME -- Andy Bokser
1913 PREPARING FOR THE FIGHTS AHEAD -- Travis Stern
1914 WARS AT HOME AND ABROAD -- Travis Stern
1915 PEACETIME FOR THE NATIONAL PASTIME -- Rich Bogovich
1916 THE MINORS AND PLAYERS ARE RESTLESS -- Rich Bogovich
1917 WAR? WHAT WAR? -- Paul Hensler
1918 BASEBALL RETURNS FROM THE GREAT WAR -- Jacob Pomrenke
1919 THE END OF THE DEADBALL ERA -- Jacob Pomrenke
1920 THE YEAR THAT ROCKED BASEBALL AND CHANGED IT FOREVER -- Marshall Adesman
1921 FIRST WITH LANDIS -- Joe Marren
1922 TO MEET OR NOT TO MEET? -- Chris Jones
1923 THE BATTLE OF AVALON -- Mike Lynch 154 ?THE NEGRO LEAGUES COME EAST: THE EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE AND THE AMERICAN NEGRO LEAGUE -- Jim Overmyer ... and on through 1957.
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