{"id":2562,"date":"2011-01-13T14:01:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T20:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2011-01-13T14:08:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T20:08:29","slug":"the-baseball-show-hall-of-fame-garza-bryce-harper-reds-and-white-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2562","title":{"rendered":"The Baseball Show: Hall of Fame, Garza, Bryce Harper, Reds and White Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/baseball_show.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/alomar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2564\" title=\"SPORT BASEBALL\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/alomar-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, co-host Clint Evans from <a href=\"http:\/\/diamondhoggers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Diamond Hoggers<\/a> and I were back at it with 2011\u2019s first episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/the-baseball-show\" target=\"_blank\">The Baseball Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our thoughts on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alomaro01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Alomar<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/blylebe01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bert Blyleven\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> selection to the Hall of Fame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We weigh in on some of the other notable players \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/larkiba01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Barry Larkin<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcgrifr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fred McGriff<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bagweje01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jeff Bagwell<\/strong><\/a>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Edgar+Martinez&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Edgar  Martinez<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 who either came up just short in the voting or failed to receive adequate support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We talk about the man (kind of), the myth, the legend\u2026<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?id=harper002bry\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bryce Harper<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Could we see Harper in D.C. in 2011? Probably not, but we entertain the idea and suggest several hypothetical scenarios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Who was the winner in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garzama01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Matt  Garza<\/a><\/strong> trade? We explore his concerning 2010 performance as well as assess the slew of prospects that were shipped off by the Cubs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Like always, we dedicated some time to talking about our respective teams, the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox.\u00a0 Clint explains what the signing of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/renteed01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Edgar  Renteria<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hermije01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy  Hermida<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Fred+Lewis&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Fred  Lewis<\/a><\/strong> means for the Reds, and also touches upon how the loss of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rhodear01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur  Rhodes<\/a><\/strong> might affect the bullpen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I discuss the White Sox decision to sign <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohmanwi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Will  Ohman<\/a><\/strong>, and how his presence in the bullpen suggests that the South Siders have slotted <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/salech01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Chris  Sale<\/a><\/strong> as a starting pitcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><object id=\"LastFramePlayer\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"200\" height=\"90\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"align\" value=\"top\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#EEF9C1\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.talkshoe.com\/resources\/talkshoe\/images\/swf\/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http:\/\/recordings.talkshoe.com\/TC-73828\/TS-438894.mp3\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"LastFramePlayer\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"false\" \/><embed id=\"LastFramePlayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"200\" height=\"90\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talkshoe.com\/resources\/talkshoe\/images\/swf\/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http:\/\/recordings.talkshoe.com\/TC-73828\/TS-438894.mp3\" name=\"LastFramePlayer\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#EEF9C1\" quality=\"high\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" align=\"top\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, co-host Clint Evans from Diamond Hoggers and I were back at it with 2011\u2019s first episode of The Baseball Show. Topics include: Our thoughts on Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven\u2019s selection to the Hall of Fame. We weigh in on some of the other notable players \u2013 Barry Larkin, Fred McGriff, Jeff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76,1300,6,16,11,13,10,14,819],"tags":[540,1520,1604,26,264,700,639,576,1105,453,1678,1676,1677,1603,1679,70,1390,3461,1659],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562"}],"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=2562"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}