Reds took chance on Hamilton at '06 Meetings

SECURITY WARNING: Please treat the URL above as you would your password and do not share it with anyone. See the Facebook Help Center for more information. CINCINNATI -- When the Winter Meetings return to a familiar venue next week at Walt Disney World's Swan and Dolphin Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., it will be the same place where the Reds pulled off a coup of sorts. In 2006, Cincinnati landed a wayward former top prospect named Josh Hamilton in the Rule 5 Draft.

"I'm 30 years into this stuff -- he's for sure one of the most talented high school players I ever scouted," Reds vice president of amateur scouting Chris Buckley said. "Right up there with [Alex Rodriguez] and I guess I put…