• Even though the San Francisco Giants re-signed 1B/OF Aubrey Huff, they will consider breaking camp with prospect Brandon Belt, who simply refuses to stop raking.

• A topic that Clint and I discussed on The Baseball Show on Saturday, how will the signing of Carl Crawford affect the Boston Red Sox outfield? Who will be the odd man out come the 2011 season: Jacoby Ellsbury, J.D. Drew, Mike Cameron or Ryan Kalish?

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This morning on The Baseball Show, Clint Evans of Diamond Hoggers and I discussed the following:

– Carl Crawford to the Red Sox. Ramifications of having too many starting outfielders?
– Jay Bruce‘s contract extension
– Mark Reynolds to the Orioles–is this the beginning of the end?
– Carlos Pena to the Cubs
– Possible landing spots for Derrek Lee
– I talk about my work on Prep Baseball Report
– As always, much more!

After testing positive for cocaine, Lil’ Ron Washington was sent to his room.

When I was at the store the other day, I decided to pick up a copy of the latest issue of “Baseball Beckett,” which I must say has become rather bulky since my last purchase.  Anyway, as I was flipping through some of the opening tidbits and articles, I came across one such piece that was far too good not to pass along.

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The Seattle Mariners signed 16-year old Alex Liddi as a non-drafted free agent in September, 2005.  Hailing from Italy, Liddi was the first Italian-born position player to play in the United States and now, at 22, has a shot at cracking the Mariners’ 2011 line-up.

In his first professional season, Liddi posted slashes of .291/.329/.450 with 14 doubles, six triples, and three home runs, and 27 RBI while splitting time between the Peoria Mariners and Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.  While playing for Peoria, Liddi hit safely in 34 of 47 games, recorded eight three-hit games, and had an eight game hitting streak.

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For those who might not know, The Golden Sombrero is a proud member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, an organization that has taken all of the great baseball blogs in existence and united them under one, all-inclusive roof.  Well, it just so happens that today marks the first-annual Baseball Bloggers Alliance Day, so we thought that we would take a few minutes to familiarize everyone with the BBA.  Here are a couple quick facts to get things going:

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