{"id":2762,"date":"2011-01-29T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T23:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2011-01-29T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T23:24:01","slug":"the-baseball-show-damon-manny-vernon-wells-kc-royals-owings-harper-trout-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2762","title":{"rendered":"The Baseball Show: Damon &#038; Manny, Vernon Wells, KC Royals, Owings, Harper, Trout and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/francisco-chair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2763\" title=\"francisco-chair\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/francisco-chair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- @font-face {   font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }p { margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } -->Today on <em>The Baseball Show<\/em>, co-host <a href=\"http:\/\/diamondhoggers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Clint Evans of Diamond Hoggers<\/a> and I discuss recent trades and headlines across baseball, and even seamlessly weave in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kiescbr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brooks Kieschnick<\/strong><\/a> reference.\u00a0 The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/napolmi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Mike  Napoli<\/a><\/strong> trade gives us a reason to remember <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/francfr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Frank  Francisco<\/a><\/strong> hurling a chair into a dude\u2019s face at the Oakland Coliseum.\u00a0 I guess a picture really does say a thousand words in certain situations. You know, those situations when you\u2019re a Major League bullpen pitcher and a fight (with fans) breaks out, calms down, and you decide to <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/news\/story?id=1881073\">start tossing chairs at helpless spectators<\/a>. More relevant topics discussed on today\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Tampa Bay Rays acquisition of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/damonjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny  Damon<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ramirma02.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Manny  Ramirez<\/a><\/strong> reconnects the greatest cutoff tandem in baseball history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/napolmi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Mike  Napoli<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Juan  Rivera<\/a><\/strong> for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wellsve01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Vernon  Wells<\/a><\/strong> trade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Our thoughts on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butlebi03.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Billy  Butler<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s extension and the ridiculous depth in Kansas City Royals farm system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/owingmi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Micah  Owings<\/a><\/strong> back to the Diamondbacks as a <em>hitter<\/em>\/pitcher \u2013 we\u2019re psyched!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoughts on MLB.com\u2019s recently released <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20110124&amp;content_id=16493480&amp;vkey=news_mlb&amp;c_id=mlb\">Top 50 Prospects list<\/a>.\u00a0 Are we surprised that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;id=trout-001mik\" target=\"_blank\">Mike  Trout<\/a><\/strong> is #1?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Why do baseball fans love prospects?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A look into the collector corner; 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