{"id":2307,"date":"2010-12-17T14:01:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T20:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2010-12-17T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T20:05:11","slug":"around-the-league-ozzies-commercial-jay-bruce-buster-posey-1960-world-series-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2307","title":{"rendered":"Around The League: Ozzie&#8217;s commercial, Jay Bruce, Buster Posey, 1960 World Series, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ozzie-guillen-bobby-jenks-288x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2308\" title=\"ozzie-guillen-bobby-jenks-288x300\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ozzie-guillen-bobby-jenks-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There\u2019s no better holiday present than the Chicago White Sox new ticket package, \u201cThe Ozzie Plan.\u201d Better yet, there\u2019s no better way to promote it than with a <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?tcid=mm_cid_vid&amp;c_id=cws\">commercial featuring the man himself<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I was happy to hear that the Reds\u2019 decided to extend <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bruceja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jay  Bruce<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s contract, which of course means that <a href=\"http:\/\/diamondhoggers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mevs<\/a> was beside himself with excitement.\u00a0 Be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondhoggers.com\/2010\/12\/this-is-what-franchise-player-looks.html\">read his sincere thoughts<\/a> on the Bruce\u2019s new contract and the impact it will have on the organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Speaking of extensions, the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/splashingpumpkins.com\/\">Splashing Pumpkins<\/a> analyze the risks of locking up the Rookie of the Year, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/poseybu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Buster  Posey<\/a><\/strong>, with a contract extension.\u00a0 Although the idea is beyond tempting, it might be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splashingpumpkins.com\/2010\/12\/locking-up-buster-posey.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SplashingPumpkins+%28Splashing+Pumpkins%29\">potentially detrimental<\/a> to the development of the entire organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><!--more--> <a href=\"http:\/\/hallofverygood.com\/\">The Hall of Very Good<\/a> continues to deliver with their Cooperstown 2011 series, offering career profiles for all of the players on the current ballot.\u00a0 If I had a say, I would undoubtedly vote for Barry Larkin\u2026his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hallofverygood.com\/2010\/12\/cooperstown-2011-barry-larkin_16.html\">resume is impressive<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Apparently I wasn\u2019t the only person who thought that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cansejo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jose  Canseco<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"..\/archives\/2290\">despondent tweets<\/a> were rather concerning.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/hardballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2010\/12\/17\/jose-canseco-is-sorry-for-writing-juiced\/\">Craig Calcaterra<\/a> is on board and I am therefore suggesting that he lead the intervention for Jose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seamheads.com\/\">Seamheads<\/a> share their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/2010\/12\/16\/checking-a-swing-and-checking-it-twice\/\">thoughts on the airing<\/a> Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, footage that was believed to be lost until it was recently discovered in Bing Crosby\u2019s wine cellar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If your career doesn\u2019t take off as a position player, you can always try to be a pitcher\u2026or so it seems. This week, the <a href=\"http:\/\/mlbbuzz.yardbarker.com\/blog\/mlbbuzz\/sources_former_cubs_first_rounder_to_try_pitching\/3805749\">Boston Red Sox signed<\/a> 26-year-old <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;id=harvey002rya\">Ryan  Harvey<\/a><\/strong>, who was the sixth overall selection of the Chicago Cubs in the 2003 draft, to a minor league contract.\u00a0 Harvey joins a growing list of position players who have re-invented their careers with a transition to the bump: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/santose01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Sergio  Santos<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/motteja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jason  Motte<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wellsra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Randy  Wells<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Brian+Anderson&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Brian  Anderson<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;id=bush--001mat\">Matt  Bush<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the wake of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jenksbo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Bobby  Jenks<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 two-year\/$12 million contract with the Red Sox, <a href=\"http:\/\/soxmachine.com\/\">Sox Machine<\/a> extols the big guy for his <a href=\"http:\/\/soxmachine.com\/2010\/12\/17\/eulogizing-bobby-jenks\/\">contributions to the South Siders<\/a> over the last five seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no better holiday present than the Chicago White Sox new ticket package, \u201cThe Ozzie Plan.\u201d Better yet, there\u2019s no better way to promote it than with a commercial featuring the man himself. I was happy to hear that the Reds\u2019 decided to extend Jay Bruce\u2019s contract, which of course means that Mevs was beside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,16,11,13,14],"tags":[1521,1520,1522,701,558,1303,29,264,639,637,546,801,997,1525,265,1519,1524,1523,584,547],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}