At the 1876 winter meetings, the league expelled the New York Mutuals and Philadelphia Athletics for refusing to make their final road trip of the season. We are unlikely to get action that exciting next week in San Diego, but for the first time in a while, the winter meetings have a chance to be fun.
Not because any major free agents will sign, of course. Those days are over, mostly because both sides are trying to wait each other out. Expect this to be even worse than usual this year, because superagent Scott Boras represents seven of the top 20 free agents, including the top three, and Boras is legendary for prolonging his clients' free agency.