Season 2, Show 6

Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Darren Shimp! Darren returns for what will hopefully be a more stable schedule for his new job as a circus rodeo clown. The fantasy geeks talk about injuries galore, some hot bats, some not-so-hot arms and an incredible phenomenon of stolen bases! Amazing is an understatement for the quality of this week’s episode, so grab your glove and head for the outfield - here comes The Can of Corn!

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Michael and Darren)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio
• Brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• Have fantasy/reality questions or want an 8-track recording of the show? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com

FROZEN ROPES
• GAMEL ON! YOU CAN’T WIPE YOUR FEET ON THIS MAT!
• RICKIE OUT FOR MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS
• A COUPLE SPEED DEMONS HAVE FLAT TIRES
• ANOTHER SLUGGER DECIDES GOING HEAD FIRST INTO A WALL IS A GOOD IDEA
• DL GETS A LITTLE LIGHTER IN PITCHERS
• JV LOOKING LIKE VARSITY (X2)
• BIG TEX LOOKING BIG TIME
• LOOKING MORE LIKE GRADY SIZE-LESS
• HOORAY INTERLEAGUE!

HOT CORNER
• WHO GETS THE GEMS IN THE EMERALD CITY?
• NON-STRIKEOUT MACHINE VS WALK MACHINE?
• OH MY GOD, STEPHEN STRASBURG!
• KINSLER OR THE FIELD?
• THINGS TO DO BESIDES WATCH THE INDY 500

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS …
• MICHAEL STAYS IN SO-CAL
• DARREN GOES UP NORTH, WAY NORTH

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• IAN KINSLER FIVE-TOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK - LOTS OF U
• HONORABLE MENTION - AN ACE IN HOUSTON NOT NAMED ROY
• CHIEN-MING WANG TOOL OF THE WEEK - PAGING DAVID PRICE, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT TO ST. PETE?
• HONORABLE MENTION - ON PACE TO SUCK

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• E-mail your fantasy questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• The music for the show was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network
• Click here to subscribe via iTunes
• Look forward to our next show, as we analyze and prognosticate even more goodness from the greatest sport in the world!
• Sign off

Season 2, Show 5

Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Nate Davis! Another week has passed, and a fresh batch of injuries to some of the marquee names in the game have cropped up to go along with it! In this week’s show, the hosts will cover the slew of MLB injury news and updates, welcome some new members to the boards with responses to their queries in Cafe Talk, introduce their new (lack of) scoring system for the Battle of the Wits and much, much more! With the Reds streaking to the lead in the NL Central, home runs being reversed all over the place on Wednesday and some guys not getting the credit they deserve, there will be plenty of content for your listening delight in this episode, so grab your glove and head for the outfield - here comes The Can of Corn!

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Michael and Nate)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio
• Brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• Have fantasy/reality questions or want to threaten us with swine flu? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com

FROZEN ROPES
• BYE BYE “MR.” MAYBIN
• A COUPLE OF MATS YOU WON’T BE WIPING YOUR FEET ON
• LAST YEAR’S STANDOUTS ARE DROPPING LIKE FLIES!
• UPDATES GALORE - MANY STARS RETURNING THIS WEEKEND!
• A HIT STREAK ENDS, BUT THE HOT BAT WILL CONTINUE
• SOME UNLIKELY PITCHERS TEARING THINGS UP
• POWER/SPEED GUYS PRODUCING A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING
• TIME FOR LEE TO GET SOME LOVE!
• JASON BAY IS THE BEST #6 HITTER IN THE LEAGUE!
• CAFE TALK: THREE SOLID TRADE OFFERS AND A WELCOMING PARTY FOR THE NEW GUY
• CAFE GAMES UPDATE: DARREN PULLS A DNP, MICHAEL STINKS UP THE JOINT AND NATE VOWS TO GET IN ON THE FUN

HOT CORNER
• WHO’S GOING STREAKING NEXT?
• WHO’S ERA WILL BALLOON LESS BY SEASON’S END?
• CAN LONGORIA JOIN A LOFTY CLUB (FILLED WITH ROIDERS)?
• A CRAP-SHOOT FOR THE MID-SEASON SAVES LEADER
• THE NBA PLAYOFFS?! ISN’T THIS A BASEBALL SHOW? …

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• MICHAEL NAILS IT WHILE NATE AND DARREN TOP .500!
• BRANCHING OUT - WHO PLAYS THE MARINERS AND NATIONALS THIS WEEK?

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• IAN KINSLER FIVE-TOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK - JUSTIN WHO?
• HONORABLE MENTION - HE MIGHT THROW PARACHUTES, BUT HE IS HITTING BOMBS!
• CHIEN-MING WANG TOOL OF THE WEEK - THE OL’ SOFT TOSSER GETS LIT UP…TWICE…
• HONORABLE MENTION - YOU HAVE 37 AB LEFT TO KEEP YOUR JOB, WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THEM?

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• E-mail your fantasy questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• The music for the show was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network
• Click here to subscribe via iTunes
• Look forward to our next show, as we analyze and prognosticate even more goodness from the greatest sport in the world!
• Sign off

Michael Stephens is an avid fantasy sports enthusiast who writes for the Cafe. He hails from the Pacific Northwest and is a die-hard Seahawk and Mariner fan to the core! You can find Michael in the Cafe’s forums where he actively posts under the name of WaCougMBS.

Season 2, Show 4

Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Nate Davis! After a show of record setting length, we decided to bench Darren with a fake injury and call him “day to day”, bringing in our trusty utility man, Mr. Davis, to tighten things up (joking, of course). This week’s show is brimming with more injury updates than ever before, and they are joined by discussions about all the hot hitters and pitchers from the last week, Cafe talk, the first e-mail of the year and much, much more! Can Albert Pujols win the Triple Crown? Will Zach Greinke ever give up more than two earned runs? Should we change Manny to the honorary “Tool of the Week” sponsor? The hosts will answer these questions and talk about all other things baseball in the next 25 minutes, so grab your glove and head for the outfield - here comes The Can of Corn!

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Darren and Michael)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio
• Brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• Have fantasy/reality questions or want to threaten us with swine flu? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com

FROZEN ROPES
• TIME TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR THE LAPORTA CALLUP
• SOME ROOKS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF…BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THEM!
• “MANNY BEING MANNY” NOT SUCH A GOOD THING AFTERALL
• TONS OF INJURIES/UPDATES/ETC: JACKED UP ELBOWS AND HAMSTRINGS ABOUND!
• EVAN IS ALMIGHTY, AND SO IS ZACHARY
• THE BLUE JAYS ARE REALLY GOOD
• RED SOCK SP STINKING IT UP, ALONG WITH A FORMER MATE
• CAFE TALK: LOTS OF EARLY SEASON FANTASY TRADES HITTING THE BLOCK - BREAKDOWN TIME!
• CAFE GAMES UPDATE: MICHAEL STRONG IN MELTDOWN, DARREN STILL DOING GREAT IN PICK3, LADDERS

HOT CORNER
• WILL L.A. STILL BE MANNYWOOD BY SEASON’S END?
• WHO WINS THIS SEASON-LONG HR DERBY?
• WHICH SAGELY CLOSER BREAKS DOWN FIRST?
• THE BEST WINGMAN IN A DARK ALLEY
• THE TRIPLE CROWN COULD BE HOTLY CONTESTED IN ‘09!

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• DARREN WINS, AND NATE JOINS IN THE FUN!
• STICKING TO THE NL, BUT NO HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUPS THIS WEEK

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• IAN KINSLER FIVE-TOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK - YOU STOLE HOW MUCH?!
• HONORABLE MENTION - THIS FATHER WILL SIT YOU DOWN, AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!
• CHIEN-MING WANG TOOL OF THE WEEK - WHEN YOU GET BUSTED FOR ‘ROIDS, YOU “EARN” THIS AWARD, NO QUESTIONS ASKED…
• HONORABLE MENTION - WHICH CHRIS YOUNG IS STINKING UP THE JOINT WORSE THIS WEEK?

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• E-mail your fantasy questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• The music for the show was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network
• Click here to subscribe via iTunes
• Look forward to our next show, as we analyze and prognosticate even more goodness from the greatest sport in the world!
• Sign off

Season 2, Show 3

We knew we were forgetting something! It was posting the show notes and information on our blog, duh! Well, even though we have already rattled through 9 shows this season, there are at least 20 more to follow, so there's no time like to present to update things, right? Without further ado, let's get on with the second season of the Can of Corn!

Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Darren Shimp! Prepare yourself for a little bit longer version of The Can of Corn, as the guys loosen the belts on brevity. They make light of a couple posts on the Cafe, ridicule the unnecessary attention Alex Rodriguez receives, and talk ad nauseum about injuries galore! The prognosticators continue their mastery of mediocrity, so lend us an ear, grab your glove and head for the outfield - here comes The Can of

INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Darren and Michael)
• Published on Fantasy Cafe Radio
• Brought to you by Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• Have fantasy/reality questions? Email us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com

FROZEN ROPES
• PORCELLO LOOKS OK … FOR THE FIRST TWO INNINGS
• GAMEL AND HANSON COULD NOT BE DOING ANY BETTER IN AAA
• STRASBURG MANIA HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN
• TONS OF INJURIES: HANLEY, MCCANN, VALVERDE, SORIA, LIDGE, HAMELS, HAMILTON
• A-ROID UPDATE; BAD NEWS FOR WEBB OWNERS
• PUJOLS BEING PUJOLS, AND LINCECUM SETTLING DOWN
• THE FLYIN’ HAWAIIAN IS MASHING
• JHONNY ISN’T DOING WELL, MAYBE BECAUSE HIS NAME IS SPELLED WRONG
• CAFE TALK: START/SIT ADVICE, THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMM, MAKING FUN OF LOL-ERS
• CAFE GAMES UPDATE: MICHAEL STRONG IN MELTDOWN, DARREN DOING WELL IN PICK3, LADDERS

HOT CORNER
• UPDATE ON LAST WEEK’S PREDICTIONS
• DAVID PRICE CALLUP?
• YANKEE YOUNG GUNS
• CARLOS PENA EXPECTATIONS
• DARREN STEALS MICHAEL’S SLEEPER FOR THE NBA FINALS

BATTLE OF THE WITS
• TIES ARE STUPID, LET’S CHANGE THE RULES
• THE TWO NAB AL CENTRAL TEAMS, WHO HAPPEN TO RUN INTO EACH OTHER FOR A COUPLE GAMES

TOOLS OF THE WEEK
• IAN KINSLER FIVE-TOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK - SOMEONE FROM THE MOUND AND AT THE PLATE
• HONORABLE MENTION - SOMEONE FINALLY GIVES UP EARNED RUNS
• CHIEN-MING WANG TOOL OF THE WEEK - A WHITE SOCK [sic?] GETS RIPPED
• HONORABLE MENTION - SIR LANCE-A-NOT

CONCLUSION
• Thank yous
• Check out the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• Email your fantasy/reality questions to CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
• Check out our website: Fantasy Cafe Radio
• Click here to subscribe via iTunes
• Look forward to next week’s show - airing on 5/08/09
• Sign off