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From our hundreds of feeds, what the best baseball bloggers are talking about today.
May 2006
Wednesday May 31, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:41AM EST on May 31, 2006
Alex Belth (and friends) do a fine job covering the NY Yankees in Bronx Banter, a Baseball Toaster blog. Today, Alex says, "It was the Good, Bad and the Ugly last night in the Motor City." He talks about troubling injuries to Johnny Damon and Gary Sheffield (the bad). Blowing a 6-1 lead (the ugly). And Mariano Rivera's fine performance (the good).
Friday May 26, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:29AM EST on May 26, 2006
As a blogger, is it easier to cover a winning team? Or does following a struggling franchise like the Kansas City Royals or the Chicago Cubs give you more grist for the mill? Craig Brown and Clark Foster do yeoman work with Royals Authority, an MVN blog. They've faithfully followed the Royals through every game of their current 13-game losing streak. That takes guts and perseverance.
Thursday May 25, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:58AM EST on May 25, 2006
South Side Sox blogger, The Cheat, posts reliable daily game notes on the Windy City's best baseball team. Their sweep of the A's last night pushed the White Sox to a solid 31-15 record. The Cheat has to be happy about that, but he still takes time to question manager Ozzie Guillen's late-inning pitching moves. But after all, that's a blogger's job. To date, he's drawn 22 comments to his post.
Wednesday May 24, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:17AM EST on May 24, 2006
Several older Colorado Rockies blogs have gone the way of the dinosaurs, but not Purple Row penned by Rox Girl. Purple Row is a lot of fun...like Bat-Girl in Minnesota, it's a faithful hometeam blog from a female perspective. As the Rockies battle the hated Dodgers for NL West supremacy, Rox Girl takes us on a rolicking virtual tour of Los Angeles, her old hometown. The world of blogging is better for it.
Tuesday May 23, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:19AM EST on May 23, 2006
Who doesn't have an opinion about Barry Bonds these days? Jon Saraceno of USA Today has one...it's just wittier and more honest than most. Albert Pujols is on a pace to break Barry's single-season home run record. But in a survey of USA Today fans included in this story, only 1% choose Pujols as the greatest home run hitter of all time. 3% choose Bonds. 26% choose Hank Aaron. And 43% choose Babe Ruth. Which is Saraceno's point.
Monday May 22, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:55AM EST on May 22, 2006
This morning, in the aftermath of Tom Glavine's 281st win last night, senior columnist Ken Rosenthal discusses the fading phenomenon of 300-game winners in baseball. The Fox Sports writer talks about pitching specialization and how bullpens might someday pitch entire games— splitting innings 3-3-3! Right now, with the Yankees' Randy Johnson (268 wins) struggling mightily, Glavine could be the last 300-game winner—ever.
Friday May 19, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:37AM EST on May 19, 2006
As alluded here before, Baseball Musings is one of the best, most reliable blogs in the nation for intelligent daily commentary. You never know what author Dave Pinto might have on his mind, but it's always timely. Today he takes a peek at the Jays and how they've been winning. Not with pitching, as he points out. The irony is, of all the Jays' sluggers, .206 average Aaron Hill is the one who broke open the game last night with an RBI double.
Thursday May 18, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:47AM EST on May 18, 2006
In the last two weeks, The Atlanta Braves have cut a nine-game deficit in half. They now trail the Mets by just 4.5 games. Talking Chop follows the team from Atlanta daily. Poster Gondee has picked up the pace in the Talking Chop blog—just as the Braves have picked up their pace of winning. He even has links set up for fans to individually follow each player's stats.
Wednesday May 17, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:58AM EST on May 17, 2006
A University of Michigan law student, Scott Warheit, writes a daily Detroit Tiger blog called The Cutoff Man. It appears on MLive.com, a dynamic site that represents a group of Michigan newspapers. Scott keeps things interesting by linking up to podcasts and relevant newspaper articles. His job has to be more fun this season...legendary manager Jim Leyland has the surprising Tigers in first place in the American League Central.
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Tuesday May 16, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 11:08AM EST on May 16, 2006
In his daily blog, Dodger Thoughts, Jon Weisman deals with his psychologically- challenged feelings about the Boys in Blue. Today Dodgers Fans everywhere have reason to rejoice. Their $6-$8 million offseason acquisition from the Cubs is producing in a big way.
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Monday May 15, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 11:01AM EST on May 15, 2006
Female baseball bloggers aren't exactly rare, but few are more dedicated than Batgirl, a passionate Minnesota Twins fan. Her sassy entries keep fans talking and commenting through good times and bad. Today's Batgirl-take on the Twins' bizarre, Jekyl and Hyde loss to the hated White Sox last night reflects their sometimes bipolar personality..."Good Twin" versus "Bad Twin." The entry drew 22 comments (and counting).
Thursday May 11, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 11:04AM EST on May 11, 2006
Part of the BravesBeat Network, the Braves Journal is an up-to-date blog which focuses devotedly on current Atlanta Braves action. Last night, the action was abominable from a Braves perspective. Baseball's 14-years-in-a-row division champs are in a deep hole with poor pitching, lackluster hitting and plenty of injuries to round out the woes. The Braves Journal gives a critical recap, saying, 1) "Given bad enough pitching, it is possible to be blown out by possibly the worst National League team since the 1962-65 Mets." and 2) "Chris Reitsma is turning into Dan Kolb." Lots of comments from Braves fans follow.
Wednesday May 10, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:15AM EST on May 10, 2006
This morning Boston fans are cheering while Yankee fans are jeering. Boston blogger Bill Mahoney pens Call of the Green Monster, a unique fake newspaper formatted blog. The top of his daily entry features assorted humorous headlines which are, frankly and wittily, made up. Mahoney salutes Yankee fans today with a bogus, tongue-in-check essay on the level of crime at Yankee Stadium. In the parody, he quotes an FBI source as saying, "Yes, there are whispers of cannibalism, and ritualistic violence. But we have no proof of that.  Of course, cannibalism is tricky to prove since it’s sometimes, uh, difficult to locate the victim.”
Tuesday May 9, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:34AM EST on May 9, 2006
Co-author of San Diego Spotlight, Rich Campbell, burned the midnight oil last night to bring you news of the Padres' ninth win in a row. Of course, news isn't the primary goal of a baseball blog such as his, as the season unfolds. It's more about commentary, criticism, insight, humor and irony. Those are the elements that make reading blogs so much more fun than swallowing the formulaic news of mainstream media. Read on...and enjoy the difference.
Monday May 8, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 11:16AM EST on May 8, 2006
One of the top blogs in the world of baseball, Baseball Musings, this morning is fielding comments on the Kerry Wood comeback. David Pinto, Baseball Musings author, always keeps things current. A Chicago Cubs' blogger, The Zoner, chimes in to say, "The way the Cubs offense is performing it doesn't matter if Prior joins Wood along with Nolan Ryan at this point." The Cubs have lost eight of their last nine, and the cries for Dusty Baker's scalp have been growing daily.

Friday May 5, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:31AM EST on May 5, 2006
Likable columnist for USA Today Sports, Jon Saraceno, pens a nice piece on baseball's greatest legend, The Babe. He tells of visiting the narrow brick house near Baltimore's waterfront where Babe Ruth was born. He also quotes Ruth's grandson on the man's opinion of Barry Bonds. Saraceno goes further, speaking to the curator of the Babe Ruth museum (in the brick house of his birth), a person who has verbally sparred with Bonds in the past. The caretaker says this: "Babe's OK. He's perpetuated by this. He will remain the standard against which all other players are measured. His legacy is not threatened."
Thursday May 4, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 11:13AM EST on May 4, 2006
More eclectic (and open-minded) than your average team blog, Balls, Sticks & Stuff spotlights Philadelphia Phillies coverage, but also delves into golf, entertainment and political commentary. A good-looking blog page, Balls, Sticks & Stuff is also intelligently written. Today's entry, as you would expect, celebrates the Phillies late-inning victory over the Atlanta Braves. But unlike your ordinary team blog, the entry serves up an extra portion of wit and style.

Wednesday May 3, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 11:22AM EST on May 3, 2006
It must be a lot more fun to write about the Cincinnati Reds this year now that they are setting the pace in baseball's bad-ass division, the National League Central. Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Kevin Kelly covers yesterday's exciting victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in gleeful detail. The Reds now officially have the best record in baseball— and the team has done it without Ken Griffey, Jr., who's expected to join them by this weekend. The offseason trade for Boston's Bronson Arroyo has paid big dividends for the Reds, as he has bolted out of the gate with a 5-0 record and a 2.07 ERA.
Tuesday May 2, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 10:49AM EST on May 2, 2006
No less than legendary baseball analyst Peter Gammons wades in to the Roger Clemens debate today, his learned cranium stuffed with facts to support the Rocket's greatness. In fact, in a recent ESPN poll of 32 experts, Roger Clemens wins in a landslide as the greatest living pitcher. That's strong stuff. But as one would expect from Mr. Gammons, all Roger's selection is supported with articulate precision.
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Monday May 1, 2006
Permalink Posted by: Skeet at 11:04AM EST on May 1, 2006
Columnist Kevin Hench of FoxSports does a great job welcoming Johnny Damon to Boston. Today's witty essay compares "the two biggest traitors in the history New England." In a detailed historical analogy, Hench pinpoints parallel events in the lives of Benedict Arnold and Johnny Damon. For instance, Arnold's soldiers called him, "as brave a man as ever lived." While the women of Boston called Johnny, "the sexiest man who ever lived." Did Johnny switch sides at the wrong time like Arnold did? In 2006, tonight will be the first of 19 meetings between New York and Boston that will tell the true tale.