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Best Of The SB Nation Network: July 5, 2011

We have 305 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!

Baseball

- DRaysBay remembers former Rays All-Stars Greg Vaughn and Rolando Arrojo.

- Federal Baseball looks back at the early days of All-Stars in the nation’s capital.

- Amazin’ Avenue says that Jose Reyes is the first-half MVP of the National League.

- Bucs Dugout wonders if Pirates manager Clint Hurdle should be manager of the year. (It’s early, we realize).

Basketball

- Weighing in on the experts weighing in on the lockout.

- With ownership in limbo, the Sixers actually could benefit from the lockout.

- That “Bill Walker” is popping up everywhere (satire).

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow announces that Bellator has signed Thiago Michel, the #1 fighter in BE’s LW World Scouting Report.

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