LAS VEGAS–The Winter Meetings are billed as the ultimate destination for baseball’s deal-makers, a hub where executives and agents lock themselves in hotel rooms late into the night to negotiate, strategize and take care of business.
The reality, however, is far different from the public perception.
If you’re the type that enjoys exchanging pleasantries, shaking hands and discussing over-priced restaurant options, the lobby of the Mandalay Bay resort and casino was the place to be this week.
The front of the Las Vegas strip offered team officials, media members and fans alike the opportunity to gather, spend $17 on a drip coffee and breakfast sandwich at Starbucks and watch Marlins Man do radio interviews and take selfies with every passerby.