My Favorite Bliggitty Blogs

1. With Leather.

As good as it gets. Funny, short posts, and plenty of awesome photoshopped pictures. Their tracking of Cal pole vaulter Allison Stokke is definitely worth following.



2. Deadspin.

It has become the bible of all sports blogs. A must-read. It is excellently written, and even the commenters are witty. It only comes in second because I have a stupid obsession with WithLeather. I seriously don't miss a post.

3. Cardinals Diaspora.

Aaron Hooks, or "athooks" is fucking hilarious. I don't miss one of his posts. He'll use the wrong form of "to/too" and "their/they're/there" from time-to-time, but it's forgivable because his posts are the bomb. The bomb diggitty.



When I use the phrase "from time-to-time," which isn't often -- I promise -- it reminds me of this scene. You like apples?




4. Fire Joe Morgan

It would be number one on my list, but they don't post often enough. When they do, however, it's genius. One of the authors, "KenTremendous" is a writer for The Office, which probably gives him a lot of cred. Though, once again, I don't watch much of The Office.



Note to self: Think about watching more of The Office.

re: Note to self: Thought about it. The episodes I've seen haven't been that awesome. I'll get around to it one day.

re: re: Note to self: You're a faggot.

5. The Big Lead

The Big Lead does a lot of things right. They're part Deadspin, part With Leather, part Fanhouse. It's a daily stop for me.

6. Awful Announcing

Opened my eyes to the awesomeness that is Gus Johnson. For that, I am ever grateful. Brilliant Youtube video mixer as well. I hope that made sense. Check it out daily and you'll know what I'm talking about.

7. Busted Coverage

An inspiration. They bring pictures of hotties from campuses around the country to my eyes. Oh, and there is quality sports talk going on over there as well.




8. Viva El Birdos

The best St. Louis Cardinals coverage on the web. The best individual team blog you can find anywhere. Executive editor Larry Borowsky has become one of my favorite writers. His posts are a must-read.

9. Bugs and Cranks

Baseball coverage for every kind of fan. I'm not sure how the site works, but it seems like they have an author or two for each MLB team. That's probably not even realistic, but that's the way it seems. I don't miss a Cardinals post and usually skim the others.

10. Pancake Blocks

If you're looking for fantasy football information, hell, if you're looking for football information at all, you'll find it here. Author Gregg Rosenthal drives home this point daily: Making fun of pro atheltes is a lot of fun.

11. AOL Fanhouse/Sporting Blog

I lumped these two together because I think they're similar. Very informative, a post every few minutes, and generally pretty funny. The Sporting Blog's new look is great. I'm big on aesthetics. I'm also big on titties.

(Sorry. I had to throw in the titty line. I don't think I can get away with saying "I'm big on aesthetics" at the end of a post. It sounds a little... sounds a little like I'm a Tony Parker fan or a Jeff Garcia follower.)

12. MLBTradeRumors

A lot of the stuff is bullshit, but it's a fun read. I liken it to the National Enquirer, though I've never read that. I just remember a line from Finding Forrester when Sean Connery goes "thatssh dessert," refferring to why a great author would read a tabloid. MLBTradeRumors is my dessert.


-I'll leave it at 12. There are definitely others I could mention, but 12 is a solid number. Aaron Miles wears No. 12 and he looks like a mouse with a goatee. But he does have a hot wife. So, yeah, 12 blogs.

Speaking of hot wives of baseball players and mouse-looking individuals, here is a picture of some Cleveland Indians' players' wives. Front row, first from the right: Casey Blake's wife, Abbie. Back row, first on the left: Manager Eric Wedge's wife, Kate. Back row, first from the right: Cliff Lee's wife, Kristen.



You think these guys could do a little better? That's Cleveland for you, I guess.