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SB Nation boasts some of the best baseball blogs around.  Each team has one, and there are blogs devoted to sabermetrics, minor leagues, fantasy baseball, scouting, and transaction rumors.  Since it's a slow day in Mets-land, here's a quick look at recent posts from around SB Nation that ended up on the Applesauce cutting room floor:

Star-divide

NL East

  • Braves - Talking Chop: Javier Vazquez and Jair Jurrjens were good enough to make the All-Star Team, but their chances were unfairly hurt by their poor W-L records.
  • Marlins - FishStripes:  The title says it all - "Will Luis Ayala Solve The Bullpen Problems? (hint: um, no)"
  • Nationals - Federal Baseball:  FB interviewed first time All-Star Ryan Zimmerman.
  • Phillies - The Good Phight: USA Today Baseball Weekly profiled TGP for its "Bloggin' Baseball" feature.  It's on newstands through tomorrow.

NL Central

NL West

AL East

AL Central

  • Indians - Let's Go Tribe!:  Link is to the front page - LGT has changed its tagline to "CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" in honor of Shin-Soo Choo.
  • Royals - Royals Review:  Analysis of every team's actual record and expected record using WAR.
  • Tigers - Bless You Boys: Magglio Ordonez is having a rough go at it this season.  Could he be the next Sheffield?
  • Twins - Twinkie Town: Who should play 2nd base for the Twins?
  • White Sox - South Side Sox:  The White Sox were quiet on international signing day and that's a good thing.

AL West

  • Angels - Halos Heaven: The daily "A Day At The Park" comic celebrates being in 1st place on the 4th of July.
  • Athletics - Athletics Nation:  A look back at the World Series Champion 1989 A's, featuring a collection of newspaper clippings from that year.
  • Mariners - Lookout Landing: We aren't the only ones annoyed by our team's manager.
  • Rangers - Lone Star Ball: Rob Neyer, R.J. Anderson, and Rangers writer Evan Grant gave their two cents this week on Kevin Millwood, with Grant's opinion dissenting.  LSB recaps it here - interesting stuff if you're in a meta mood.

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Didn’t that poll say that Mets fans were the most hated fans in Baltimore? Oh, right. I forgot. That poll has hacked by a Philthy fan.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jul 6, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is great

It’s easy to forget that we have experts covering every big league team.

by Eric Simon on Jul 6, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks

We appreciate the shout, James.

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Jul 6, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

great paperman reference

man that guy had a sweet post.

Lets hope that when gut check time comes again the Mets will pass it with flying colors.

by kendynamo on Jul 6, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

for the boston link

you have to read the attached link to it at the top of the page before you read the post. the post that you linked is mocking a post made by another boston fan.

"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
-Casey Stengel

by He'sGotPotential on Jul 6, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I saw that

but even so, it’s not like Jason Bay is a slam-dunk All Star. His defense is poor, and even if you only look at his offense guys like Johnny Damon, Carl Crawford and Torii Hunter are better this season. I give him credit for hitting well outside of Fenway though.

by James Kannengieser on Jul 6, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't vote for him.

And FanGraphs would support the argument that he doesn’t deserve it this year.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jul 6, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fake Teams has a post recently...

About a potential swap for Matt Holliday. They have been right a few times on their sources about Hinske to Yankees and Dukes to Pitt.

by cuseindahuse on Jul 6, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Phillies masacre-ing the Reds 16-1 in the 4th inning

Things are looking worse for the Mets by the minute

by Rigsay on Jul 6, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Last but not least, MLB Daily Dish

Matt Buggenhagen channels his namesake from a popular blog about the Mets.

by All Shook Down on Jul 7, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That dude just don't like me

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Jul 7, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The site just seems so out place.

You got driveline mechanics and beyond the boxscore that provide insight into baseball through stats, and the he starts talking about the importance of leadership, heart, grission (well, he doesn’t actually use grission) etc, in a winning ball club.

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Jul 7, 2009 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's a nice rumor aggregator...

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jul 7, 2009 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It does seem kinda stupid

Most team specific sites already pick up trade rumors, and I would bet people like to discuss them on there own site more than with a bunch of random fans.

Derosa.

by vivaelpujols on Jul 7, 2009 4:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Buggenhagen

Definitely played against that guy in h.s. baseball. I think we faced off once, in a “battle of the last names.” Pretty sure I got shelled.

by James Kannengieser on Jul 7, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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