I spent around 6 hours at the Winter Meetings in the Belaggio yesterday and it was awesome. I saw so many people.

Writers I saw:
Steve Phillips
Peter Gammons
Ken Rosenthal
Jayson Stark
John Heyman
Just about every other ESPN writer
I also ran into Geoff Baker and had a small chat

Managers I saw:
Lou Piniella (no joke he was in the sports book making $5 bets on horse racing)
Tommy Lasorda

GM’s I saw:
Brian Cashman fresh off his flight from San Francisco in street clothes
Mark Shapiro (dude was wearing a t-shirt and basketball shorts)
Pat Gillick
Omar Minaya

Players I saw:
Ellis Burks
Michael Tucker
Wayne Gomes
Brad Lidge
Harold Reynolds
Derek Jeter (surrounded by like 8 security guards ad wouldnt let anybody take pictures or get his autograph)

I got some autographs and I was able to get a few pictures with some of the people. In terms of inside info, sorry nobody would tell me anything.  (Photos after the jump)