FanHouse's Top Five scans the sports blogosphere for the best posts of the last 24 hours so you don't have to. Got something for this feature? Hit us up at fanhouse@googlegroups.com.1) It's been a bit of an arduous road thus far in America for
David Beckham, or as arduous as any road can be for a millionaire footballer with sculpted cheek bones and a gorgeous wife. Thanks to some clubs' mishandling of ticket sales, fans have been taking their ire out on Beckham, as if he wants to be sidelined right now. (You don't think, if he's planning to take over American soccer, he'd want to be on the field ASAP? Please.) Anyway, Beckham broke through last night, and
Digital Headbutt's had the live blog.
Fear Beckham. The MLS is too easy for him.
2)
Seth Mnookin is a bit of a writer man-crush for your humble blogger, mainly because he seems to be able to work on whatever he feels like, and the product is universally stellar.
The New York Times? Sure!
Boston Red Sox? Let's have a look. Vanity Fair? I'll see if I can fit it in. So anyone with a passing interest in Red Sox, baseball, media, or Mnookin would do well to head to
Red Sox Monster today for an interview with the man himself. Interesting stuff.
3) Epic Carnival's epically large blogging staff wanted to find out where they stood on MLB's various MVP's, so, like any red-blooded Americans,
they voted. If the season ended today ... well, yeah, A-Rod's probably going to win regardless, huh?
4)
The Big Lead located
Dan Patrick's new, post-ESPN
web site, and man, is that Java? CSS? Flash? Whatever it is, it's dead sexy.
5) The 2007 MLB Draft pick signing deadline has passed, and if you have trouble keeping these sorts of things organized in your brain -- I know I do --
here is a complete list, with salary, of the most prominent picks. Big ups to
Baseball Analysts.