Major League Baseball’s trade deadline is Friday (July 30) and the San Diego Padres got a jump on their competition (namely the Los Angeles Dodgers) by acquiring All-Star second baseman Adam Frazier from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

For our WISE Sports Radio baseball segment, we discussed the Padres’ being aggressive, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer being a popular trade target, Tony La Russa’s success leading the Chicago White Sox, and the Cleveland Indians changing their name to Guardians.

I wrote about the Cleveland Indians changing their name to Guardians for The Comeback on Friday. There is definitely some regional history behind the name, which is one reason why it appears to be quite popular with some fans. But a new name was never going to be universally popular. Not in today’s society.

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