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Best Of The SB Nation Network: January 27, 2011

Jan 28, 2011, 5:00 AM UTC

We have 297 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn’t have a chance to read them all today we’ve collected the best stuff right here. Get sports smart in no time fast!

â†µâ†µBaseball

â†µâ†µ- MLB Bonus Baby has a graphical analysis of the relative success rates of high school, junior college, and college draftees taken in different rounds and at different positions.

â†µâ†µ- The Crawfish Boxes look at the home and road splits for Wandy Rodriguez.

â†µâ†µ- Federal Baseball continues its series on whether the Nationals can be a surprise team in 2011 with a scrutiny of their defensive potential.

â†µâ†µ- Bluebird Banter has an exclusive interview with Blue Jays manager John Farrell.

â†µâ†µ- Beyond the Boxscore analyzes the economics of baseball by breaking down the multi-year free-agent deals that were signed in 2010.

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â†µâ†µCollege Sports

â†µâ†µ- Team Speed Kills says that the rule of opposites -- that being good at football means being bad at basketball and vice versa -- is alive and well in the SEC.

â†µâ†µ- Off Tackle Empire records for posterity the Big Ten’s biggest game, best win, worst loss, and greatest moment in October of the 2010 college football season.

â†µâ†µSoccer

â†µâ†µ- The Daily Wiz goes inside Sporting Kansas City’s training, giving us a look at how MLS teams determine fitness.

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- What do Tottenham need to break into the top four for good? A striker, says Cartilage Free Captain.,/p>â†µâ†µâ†µâ†µâ†µâ†µ

Basketball

â†µâ†µ- Indy Cornrows says that Larry Bird is frustrated watching his Pacers but knows that Larry Bird isn’t walking through that door.

â†µâ†µ- Clips Nation Rants on the scourge of the NBA, flopping and SLC Dunk comes with the video evidence.

â†µâ†µ- Sactown Royalty reports on Carl Landry blasting his current Kings coach.

â†µâ†µFootball

â†µâ†µ- Pride of Detroit brings us the story of Lions linebacker Zack Follett calling Lions QB Matthew Stafford a ‘china doll’.

â†µâ†µ- Acme Packing Company on a key matchup in the Super bowl: Steelers WR Mike Wallace against the Packers secondary.

â†µâ†µ- The Falcoholic asks if the Pro Bowl has become a joke.

â†µâ†µ- Behind The Steel Curtain notes that standout rookie center Maurkice Pouncey will not play in the Super Bowl, at least according to his teammates.

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