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Blogdom's Best: The Mary-Kate Thin Cardinals

Leitch — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:09:40 EDT

News And Views From Nerd Town, Population: You
· The Cardinals would love to make a trade, but nobody likes the stick figures in their minor leagues. [Viva El Birdos]
· Former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson ... Pistons popping, ain t no stopping now ... Panama! [SportsFrog]
· Heath Shuler, orator, politician, friend to the working man and defenses alike. [Can't Stop The Bleeding]

Blogdom's Best: Those Crazy Mets

Leitch — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:05:46 EDT

News And Views From Those Who Mock AOL Users ...
· Last night's Rockies-Mets game was enough to drive a grown man insane. [Can't Stop The Bleeding]
· Could the NFL be dangerously close to a massive labor war? [Sports Law Blog]
· Baseball Musings totally crushes on Jake Peavy and the Houston Astros. [Baseball Musings]

Blogdom's Best: How Do The Cardinals Do It?

Leitch — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:53:24 EDT

News And Views From 40-Year-Old Virgins ...
· Cardinals blogger tries to figure out just how this team remains so good. (It's LaRussa's hair. Shhh.) [Viva El Birdos]
· Some guy gets all excited about hanging out with the Milwaukee Brewers. [Thoughts From The D Nation]
· Boy, it sure seems like Larry Brown has a lot of dream jobs. [Swing And A Miss]

Blogdom's Best: Free The Teenagers!

Leitch — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:20:35 EDT

News and Views From Somewhere Where You Won't Find Any Girls ...
This whole NBA age limit thing is starting to get some folks real fired up ... and we could have some more lawsuits on our hands. [TrueHoop]
A bunch of bloggers meet up and decide there might be a race problem in baseball. [BeerLeaguer]
Some guy named "Lock" bitches about all the weird sports things on television. That's a new one. [Lock On Sports]

Blogdom's Best: Phillies Will Make You Sick

Leitch — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:11:14 EDT

News and Views From The Pocket Protected ...
· It's official: Watching the Phillies is like getting knocked in the stomach. [Balls, Sticks & Stuff]
· All you could possibly want to know about the new NHL rules. (And more, obviously.) [Off Wing Opinion]
· Hockey now pricing opponents like baseball. Good place to model your business after. [Sportshooligan]

Blogdom's Best: Mets Fans Change Their Minds

Leitch — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:19:08 EDT

News and Views From A Girlfriend-Less Existance ...
· After famously throwing in the towel just two weeks ago, Mets fans are now convinced the World Series is in their grasp. So cute, those Mets fans. [Fear And Faith In Flushing]
· You can marry off Portland's Darius Miles, but come on, he's still Darius Miles. [TrueHoop]
· Hockey fans debate new logo, then wonder why they're the only people in the room. [Jes Golbez's Hockey Rants]

Blogdom's Best: Nothing To See Here. No, Really

Leitch — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:52:04 EDT

· Minor league team draws raves for not doing any promotion at all. Like, none. [Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer]
· Batgirl gets all gooey and happy over a vehicle that seems invented exclusively for her. [Batgirl]
· Hey, maybe it's possible that Billy Beane AND John Schuerholz are right! Maybe? [Sportscolumn]

Blogdom's Best: Ensberg's Courageous Move From Under the Covers

Leitch — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:36:38 EDT

· Baseball Musings points out the somewhat dubious "heroism" of Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg. [Baseball Musings]
· How sedate, satisifed Cardinals fans keep themselves interested: Ranking every player on the damned team. [Cardnilly]
· Sportshooligan looks at the new documentary Murderball and decides, "sheesh, I guess gimps aren't gimps after all." [SportsHooligan]

Blogdom's Best: There's Crying In Seattle

Leitch — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:50:14 EDT

· Yeah, you know, it is kind of weird when an athlete just starts crying when he gets cut or traded. [The Sports Frog]
· Red Sox media, fans, various pet guppies all about to crucify closer Keith Foulke. [Boston Sports Media]
· A's general manager Billy Beane preaches some more to the choir at A's fan site. [Athletics Nation]

Blogdom's Best: Would The Yankees Really Trade Sheffield To The Mets?

Leitch — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:28:12 EDT

· Faith And Fear In Flushing tries not to wet itself over potential Sheffield deal. [Faith And Fear In Flushing]
· ESPN should not taunt Tony LaRussa. [SportsFrog]
· The great love affair with Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone continues. [Baseball Musings]

Blogdom's Best: The Dominance Of Tony LaRussa

Leitch — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:47:32 EDT

News And Views From Men With Bad Hair ...
· Since May 27, 2004, the St. Louis Cardinals have been 14 games better than every other team in baseball. Take that, Boston! [Baseball Musings]
· It is not a good year to be a sports fan in the San Francisco Bay area. [7th Inning Stretch]
· The odd birds at Bat-girl have more fun with their silly legos. [Bat-Girl]

Blogdom's Best: Since When Do Republicans Care About Baseball? (Wait ...)

Leitch — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:15:23 EDT

News And Views Sent From A Fat Guy Into The Air ...
· The GOP is pissy about billionaire George Soros' bid to buy the Washington Nationals. [Can't
Stop The Bleeding]
· A new blog launches, devoted to Astros stud Craig Biggio and his odd quest to be hit by baseballs. [Plunk Biggio]
· Confusion about which sponsorships which golfers are signed up for is confounding fans who actually care. [The Sand Trap]

Blogdom's Best: The Nationals (wha?) Are Buyers Buyers Buyers

Leitch — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:22:57 EDT

· A 2,000-word treatise on whom the Washington Nationals should trade for as they (huh?) make a run for a division title. [Capitol Punishment]
· Confused Philadelphia phans aren't quite sure what they're supposed to yell at Boston fans. [The 700 Level]
· Cubs fans have officially jumped the cliff: They're admitting they're gonna get beat by the White Sox. [Cub Town]

Zack Greinke: "Let Me Go Home!"

Leitch — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:10:50 EDT

The truly amazing folks at Yard Work — an anonymous blog that's written in the voices of ESPN writers and "personalities" — are having a grand time playing around with ESPN.com's new "writing" gig for A's closer Huston Street. Yard Work imagines a continuous column written by Royals starter Zack Greinke. Highlights:

APRIL 7: Ouch! A Detroit Tiger hit me on the arm with a ball! It hurt a lot! Still, I wanted to stay out there and "be a man" like Mike Sweeney but Coach told me he wanted me to come out. I felt bad because I let my teammates down but Coach said it was OK because things happen and you can only do what you can and we will get them next time. We lost but that was OK. Coach took me to McDonalds with his best lady friend! I got a Big Mac a large fry a large Coke (yum!) and an Apple Pie too. Pop always makes me eat veggie tables and fiber so this was lots of fun! I was full! Coach's friend was really nice but when I asked where Mrs. Coach was Coach did not say anything and bought me another Apple Pie. I always have room for Apple Pie! Thanks Coach!
MAY 31: I got a win! I got a win! Against the Yankees! They are the best baseball team of all time! And I beat them! That is great! Especially for our team because we lost six in a row after we won our first game after Coach left. New Coach is OK. He is very different from Coach. He spits a lot more. And he does not talk funny. He is kind of dull. I heard from some people that he is really not a good Coach and his teams do not do well. But I heard from some people on the team that he is a very good Coach so I hope he can teach us how to win. I heard he coached in Colorado. That must be hard to do! But New Coach is not Coach so he is OK. And I got a win! I won eight times last year. Maybe I can beat that this year!

June 21: I can not talk to Pop on the phone to take me home because he is busy talking to companies about shoes and sports drinks and fungus powder and things that he says will make me lots of money but I do not care about money. Pop answer the phone. Please answer the phone Pop. I want to go home.

Diary Of Zack Greinke [Yard Work]
Street Talk [ESPN.com]

Blogdom's Best: It's Cute When Newspaper Reporters Pretend They Go Online

Leitch — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:07:52 EDT

News From Chairs With Little Rollers On Them ...
· Boston Globe profiles message board poster, but gets everything wrong. [Sons Of Sam Horn]
· White Sox fans finally starting to believe. They're totally going to regret it. [SouthSideSox]
· Sympathy for Vinny Castilla and his "tired bat." [District of Baseball]

Blogdom's Best: It's Bad Enough We Have To Watch It Once

Leitch — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:19:51 EDT

News And Views From People For Whom RSS Is A Stat ...
All-Baseball.com columnist begs and pleads for instant replay to stay away from the diamond. [All-Baseball.com]
A remembrance of Darryl Kile, three years to the day of his death. [Viva El Birdos]
Unfortunately, SportsCenter is still planning on stopping by every state in August. Suggestion from Cubs fans: Avoid Wrigley. [IvyChat]

Blogdom's Best: Will The Cubs Make A Trade? Or Will They Just Sell Beer?

Leitch — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:00:18 EDT

The Cubs are still talking about making a trade, even if those trades don't make any sense. Cubs fans are so cute sometimes. [IvyChat]
Boston fans are (get this) now annoyed with other teams' fans and announcers. We're gonna just let that sit for a moment. [RallyCuff]
Lester Earl continues to cause Kansas basketball fans nothing but pain. Somewhere a sad farmer sheds a tear. [PhogBlog]

Blogdom's Best: Shift Jeter To Center!

Leitch — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:29:09 EDT

News and views from people who actually understand modem speeds ...
Could the Yanks cure everything by moving Derek Jeter farther away? If this happened, would he secretly poison A-Rod? We hope so. That would be fun. [Only Baseball Matters]
If only someone would kill Ken Harrelson, we might actually be into this whole White Sox thing. [Heave The Hawk]
Phillies pitcher Jon Lieber, apparently, is a fat piece of crap. [Beerleaguer]

Blogdom's Best

Leitch — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:27:00 EDT

News And Views From That Creepy Guy In The Corner ...
The next person who tells us a Roger Clemens rumor is getting shot. [The Dugout]
The Kansas City Royals will never lose again. [Royals Op-Ed Page]
Voodoo dolls of Dan Kolb sprouting up all over Atlanta. [Brave-O-Matic]

Blogdom's Best ...

Leitch — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:15:37 EDT

News And Views From Life Under Mom's Thumb ...
You are no longer allowed to get bombed at USC games. Don't tell OJ.[TrojanWire]
Ozzie Guillen and Jeff Brantley have a really dopey feud. [Can't Stop The Bleeding]
"Shemp" Matsui makes Yanks haters happy. [The Yankee Despiser]

Blogdom's Best ...

Leitch — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:18:52 EDT

News From Basements All Across This Fine Land ...
The Ray Lankford Hall Of Fame. Really. [Baseball Rants]
Marlins fans still holding out hope for a new stadium. That's cute. [Fish Stripes]
It's official: Everyone in Boston wants to kill Mark Blount. [Celtics Blog]

Blogdom's Best ...

Leitch — Tue, 31 May 2005 13:41:25 EDT

News And Views From Basements All Across America ...
Is Indy Car Racing exploiting Danica Patrick? [SportsFan Magazine
Two stupid kids with stupid older brothers get rich thanks to Scott Boras. [Amazin' Avenue]
The lonely life of a Devil Rays blogger. [Drays Bay]

Blogdom's Best ...

Leitch — Thu, 26 May 2005 12:05:49 EDT

You Waste Your Time With Us, We Waste Our Time With Them ...
It's official: Cubs fans can no longer stomach their team. [Ivy Chat]
Cardinals fans all a-twitter with the Yadier Molina fever. [The Birdwatch]
Mets are now unwatchable. They almost made it to June! [Amazin' Avenue]

Blogdom's Best

Leitch — Wed, 25 May 2005 13:32:26 EDT

Stuff That Our RSS Reader Didn't Reject This Morning
Why is it that people keep signing up to sign the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field? Jeff Gordon's just the latest example of someone making an idiot out of themselves. [Ivy Chat]
Why do Red Sox fans keep jeering Edgar Renteria? Try Kevin Millar. [Call Of The Green Monster]
Could Cincinnati become a farm team for ... Columbus? [All Sports Ohio]