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Snow = Winter Meetings, I Thinks So

 
The snow has been falling in Green Bay, WI all day. This can mean only one thing that means another thing. Get it? Me neither. Anyway, it’s December in Wisconsin and with December comes the annual MLB Winter Meetings. This year, MLB front office executives will gather in Las Vegas from Dec. 8-11. Big and small trades will be made, fans will both fall in love and get their hearts broken, and Hank Sneinbrenner will lose a lofty bet to his brother Hal over who has the least most baseball knowledge. (I heard Joe Morgan wanted in on the bet but they didn’t want to listen to his endless blabber about “small ball,” second basemen, and Joe Morgan.) Right Field Bleachers will be bringing you additional posts regarding the meetings. Since there will be at least one post about likely or wishful Brewers trades, I thought I’d take a quick look at activity by the Milwaukee Brewers during the last few Winter Meetings. The past couple of Winter Meetings were rather uneventful ... (link)

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