This came from Halos Heaven, hmm? It's as if Socrates came from Mos Eisley.

Makes sense. Only the finest team centered blog ever created. Though I may be a bit biased.

Makes sense. Only the finest team centered blog ever created.

Um...hello? Lookout Landing? This isn't even a particularly close competition.

Pretty much the only thing that makes HH less than a complete pile of garbage by the side of the road is the fact that Matt Welch occasionally writes an article like this there.

Um...hello? Lookout Landing? This isn't even a particularly close competition.

So where should Angels fans go to read related commentary that's "less than a complete pile of garabage by the side of the road?"

Pretty much the only thing that makes HH less than a complete pile of garbage by the side of the road is the fact that Matt Welch occasionally writes an article like this there.

I reject the compliment! HH has all kinds of great stuff on it -- crazy-ass movie recreations, middle-aged punk rock burnout references, the best Angels prospects rundowns anywhere, super-useful daily press digests, and the odd video interview with Cheech Marin. There's plenty of intelligent conversation about analytics stuff, too. And, you know, other stuff.

There's Bat-Girl, and then there's everything else, tied for last. And Bat-Girl doesn't even exist any more.

I have no idea where HH stands vis-a-vis the rest of the team-centered hardball sites. I just know its chief pastor tried his damnest to be the Fred Phelps of the baseball blogging clergy when he entered our little temple.

So where should Angels fans go to read related commentary that's "less than a complete pile of garabage by the side of the road?"

Angels fans can read?

Is there any sort of interesting Mets-related websites? Amazin' Avenue seems like a club for angry teens, and Metsmerized keeps pretending the Mets really will have a budget of $150 million any day now.

Have you tried Metstradamus? I like Eric Simon's work at AA. Ted Berg's SNY-sponsored blog was fun to read but he's moved on to bigger and better things.

I reject the compliment! HH has all kinds of great stuff on it -- crazy-ass movie recreations, middle-aged punk rock burnout references, the best Angels prospects rundowns anywhere, super-useful daily press digests, and the odd video interview with Cheech Marin. There's plenty of intelligent conversation about analytics stuff, too. And, you know, other stuff.

I have never been to your site, but if Esoteric thinks it is a piece of garbage, you must be doing something right.

Metsblog.com is ok, but not sure that's what you're looking for....

I have never been to your site, but if Esoteric thinks it is a piece of garbage, you must be doing something right.

1.) It's not Matt's site at all, he's just a poster there.

2.) Halos Heaven is widely reviled around the baseball blog community primarily because of the horrid behavior of its proprietor, the so-called "Rev. Halofan." As SoSH U said above, he is pretty much the "Fred Phelps of the baseball blogging clergy." To name just one example, when that Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed by a drunk driver awhile back, RevHalofan found the home address of the guy's MOTHER and posted it to the site, exhorting people to show up there and scream at her and intimidate her. Why? Just because, you see.

Take the Rev out of the equation, and I'm sure it would be a fine place.

Halos Heaven is widely reviled around the baseball blog community primarily because of the horrid behavior of its proprietor, the so-called "Rev. Halofan." As SoSH U said above, he is pretty much the "Fred Phelps of the baseball blogging clergy." To name just one example, when that Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed by a drunk driver awhile back, RevHalofan found the home address of the guy's MOTHER and posted it to the site, exhorting people to show up there and scream at her and intimidate her. Why? Just because, you see.

Good lord.

A list of the best team blog/site for each of the 30 teams would actually be pretty useful.

This is the Halofan that (used to?) post here?

A list of the best team blog/site for each of the 30 teams would actually be pretty useful.

Battersbox.ca for the Blue Jays is absolutely great for info on Jays prospects and thoughtful conversation.

There's also a general tone of wide-eyed optimism there, that while I rarely agree with, I find refreshing. I haven't visited this off-season so I don't know how the upcoming season is being viewed.

A list of the best team blog/site for each of the 30 teams would actually be pretty useful.

Red Sox: Here. Or "Over The Monster". "Surviving Grady" is fun in an unabashed screw-the-Yanks-homerism manner. I've never gotten into "Sons of Sam Horn".

Thanks for the rec's in 10 and 12. I'll check them out. Yup--Eric Simon does some good work. There are a couple of other writers/lengthy posters there who also write very thoughtfully. I'm looking for a comment site as much as anything these days, a place to exchange ideas, info on minor leaguers and so on with as little rancor as possible.

If you're looking for good info on the Mets farm system, follow Toby Hyde here.

Brian Joura's Mets360 is pretty solid.

DodgerThoughts closed, so its probably True Blue L.A. right now.

Sons of Sam Horn is a pretty hardcore site. If memory serves, they're pretty hardcore into statistics and therefore there's a lot of analysis going on that was downright daunting to an uninitiated outsider like myself.

As an Expos fan, short of the very very occasional de-facto tribute page (as the only other recourse was to embrace zombie baseball and go the natinals(sic) route) I haven't really gone out and discovered some of the better team-specific blogs. I used to enjoy Miller Park Drunk a few years ago, but nowadays since it's gone and joined some sort of sports blogging network (and it seems to be on its second or third one at that) the content seems to be watered down insomcuhas there seems to be a lot more effort being put into putting out a greater # of articles. I remember the site being endearingly enjoyable circa 2008, back when the grassroots campaign against Remetee-brand clothing was a thing, but now the whole endeavor wreaks of people committed to putting out a bunch of articles in order to have the additional content rake in the advertising $$$. C'est la vie.

Also, I'd like to second the request up top for more suggestions/lists of quality team-specific blogs because I definitely could use some reading material for the season. As you can tell, I'm currently in a position where it takes me way too long to say absolutely nothing of consequence =D

Rev has made horrendous decisions about many things, primarily the Adenhart killer situation, but a lot of the regulars there let him know that was way, way over the line. He is unnecessarily provacative with fans of other teams, and he can be a complete pain in the rump at times.

But, inside all of that he is a good guy, very smart and passionate about the Halos. He has created a great blog where there are MANY great contributors, including Matt, but also some wonderful guys specializing in various parts of the game. Since the SBN reboot I go there much less, but HH has lots of good content that outweighs any irritation with Rev.

My 2 cents.

Ducksnorts was the only Padres blog worth reading, when it existed.

I'm looking for a comment site as much as anything these days, a place to exchange ideas, info on minor leaguers and so on with as little rancor as possible.

I think someone new should have the keys (and re-titling privileges) to the "It's Mets ... Just Mets" area or sub-forum or whatever you call it. We are not as hijacky as we were 5 years ago but there's still more than enough interest to get an article a week up or so, where we can debate minutiae in comparative privacy.

A list of the best team blog/site for each of the 30 teams would actually be pretty useful.

Yes, please. I'd be interested in ones with a minor league bent as well (Sox Prospects, Reds Minor Leagues, etc...)

DodgerThoughts closed

I see Weissman still has his blog but the posts are few and far between.

I reprinted information about Andre Gallo's house published on the Riverside Press' site and took it down a few hours later. Big whoop, but if going for the jugular of the man who murdered a rookie on my favorite team is my crime I will do the time as a badge of honor.

And I've been posting here since most of you so get off my lawn.

What happened, did someone post your address, too?

The “stats vs. scouts” debate

They should do this for real, in a round-table format.

Big whoop, but if going for the jugular of the man who murdered a rookie on my favorite team is my crime I will do the time as a badge of honor.

Usually a badge of honor denotes an honorable action.

Usually a badge of honor denotes an honorable action.

And sometimes it denotes that you've been slapped around by the King.

Isn't SoSH more like the forums here than a blog only with many threads instead of one daily (or weekend) Lounge?

Ducksnorts was the only Padres blog worth reading, when it existed.

Geoff Young has a blog called Son of a Duck. Actually, he and pretty much every other non-SBN Padres blogger have their own combined site where they all have their own sections of it. All the non-Gleeman Twins bloggers adopted a similar approach a few years ago, too.