For baseball fans the offseason can feel endless. Yet even in the midst of a cold, baseball-less winter there is one welcome respite. The Winter Meetings provide an annual opportunity for the hot stove to get turned up to eleven. It’s a week when anything seems possible, and fanbases convince themselves their team’s GM is just one phone call away from changing the future of the franchise.
The excitement of an event like the Winter Meetings is amplified for a group like Reds fans. There hasn’t been much to cheer about on the field over the past few seasons, and so we spend our time looking forward to a day when the team will be competitive again.