{"id":5776,"date":"2012-01-06T13:35:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T19:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2012-01-06T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T19:36:49","slug":"the-baseball-show-ringing-in-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/5776","title":{"rendered":"The Baseball Show: Ringing in the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- NOTE: some names the b-r linker matched have multiple, possible  \n           player id matches.  Leave this as is or search for \"results=\" to  \n           select a desired player\/id pairing. You may remove this comment. --> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Prince-Fielder-Mariners-Question-Mark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5777\" title=\"Prince-Fielder-Mariners-Question-Mark\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Prince-Fielder-Mariners-Question-Mark-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Prince-Fielder-Mariners-Question-Mark-300x283.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Prince-Fielder-Mariners-Question-Mark.jpg 503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/the-baseball-show\">The Baseball Show<\/a> <\/em>was back with its first episode of the New Year.\u00a0 As usual, I was joined by Clint from <a href=\"http:\/\/diamondhoggers.com\">DiamondHoggers.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/tomahawktake.com\">TomahawkTake.com<\/a>, and MJ Lloyd from <a href=\"http:\/\/offbasepercentage.com\">OffBasePercentage.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/halohangout.com\">HaloHangout.com<\/a>. I know, it\u2019s getting to be a lot of websites, right? Anyway, we had a blast talking baseball and touched on a slew of different topics.\u00a0 We will now be recording the podcast every Thursday night, so if you\u2019re free, please feel free to join us.\u00a0 If not, don\u2019t worry; we\u2019ll have the entire show available on all of our sites the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the topics we discussed on Thursday\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MJ is the new editor for <a href=\"http:\/\/halohangout.com\">HaloHangout.com<\/a>, so he describes why he\u2019s an Angels fan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why are the Braves so willing to ship Prado? How much are they expecting for <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jurrjja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Jair  Jurrjens<\/a><\/strong>, and is he really healthy?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Where will <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Prince  Fielder<\/a><\/strong> land? Nationals, Mariners or a mystery team?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why does <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?results=zimmery01,zimmer003rya,zimmer001rya&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Ryan  Zimmerman<\/a><\/strong> fly under the radar? Can the Nationals sign Prince Fielder and ultimately re-sign him?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is Kenny Williams doing? Are the White Sox rebuilding or contending? Mike shares his frustrations\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Marlins are officially a team full of nut jobs.\u00a0 Will all of their personalities mesh or are we in store for utter mayhem?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What prospects are we looking to see in 2012? Obviously <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moorema02.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Matt  Moore<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker&#038;id=harper002bry\">Bryce  Harper<\/a><\/strong>, but who else? Speaking of Harper, it\u2019s always fun to speculate on whether he can break camp with the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most importantly, be sure to tune back in next week as we debut a new series, \u201cAsk MJ\u201d where we will spend 10-20 minutes asking MJ whatever question we want.\u00a0 We welcome any questions from our readers and listeners as well. 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