The winter meetings are baseball's version of the small-town carnival that pops up over a random weekend in the summer. There is much anticipation as the carnival sets up shop, the whole town eagerly attends, everyone says hello to each other as they wait in line for some deep-fried dough, it usually rains on Saturday night, and then everybody goes home wondering what all the fuss was about while thinking it's great that we all get together like this.
This year's winter meetings take place in Las Vegas, kicking off Sunday night with the Hall of Fame announcement regarding the Today's Game Era ballot.