The Usual Suspects

It's that time of the year again as the Phillies have officially opened their training camp with pitchers and catchers reporting today. The easy theme to go with today would be to discuss the irony of Old Man Winter dumping an awful winter storm upon us that caused nasty car accidents and power outages -- I'm talking to you, PSE&G -- while at the same time in Florida spring has sprung in the form of grown men playing baseball. As I said, that would be the easy route but I won't take it since writing about baseball isn't my bag. Instead, I'll point you around the phlogosphere to five of the best bloggers -- let alone phloggers -- around for spring training coverage far better than I could provide.

• Balls, Sticks & Stuff


• BeerLeaguer


• Philling Station


• Shallow Center


• Swing and a Miss

The hardest working man in hockey

Well, maybe in hockey blogging. Eric McErlain, who runs Off Wing Opinion and Winging It along with co-hosting a weekly podcast on the Washington Capitals called Caps Corner, has yet another gig on these here internets:

Welcome to the NHL on NBC blog, a new feature that my friends at NBCSports.com have agreed to let me experiment with for the remainder of the season. Throughout the week, we'll be talking about the teams that will be featured on NBC's regional NHL coverage for that coming weekend. The goal is simple: To capture what hockey fans are talking about across the country and get them all talking to one another in the run-up to that weekend's big game. With that in mind, we'll be reviewing all the best blogs, podcasts, message boards and other online content and sharing it with you.

Crazy like a . . . well, like a nut

I've been pretty busy at work lately, so I haven't had much time to surf around. However, I did come across this gem from DC SportsChick about a woman claiming to be Michael Jordan's mistress and who has decided to start her own blog about their "relationship." DCSC deconstructs a post from the woman which is funny enough, but the best part is the comments section. The woman actually posts comments in response to DCSC. It's both hilarious and extremely scary.