Long before A.J. Ellis won the starting catching job for the Dodgers, he was a baseball fan just like everyone else. And as fans are prone to do at the Major League Baseball trade deadline, Ellis would glue himself to the TV or radio on the final day of every July.A little bit of that fan re-emerged in Ellis on Thursday, and like every baseball nut across the country, he was a bit astonished and astounded by the seismic sift that occurred across the big leagues.