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Best Of The SB Nation Network: February 22, 2012

We have 320 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 flat!

Baseball

- Fish Stripes previews important numbers and position players for the upcoming Marlins season.
- Amazin’ Avenue profiles erstwhile staff ace Johan Santana to see what Mets fans can expect from the former superstar pitcher.
- Athletics Nation opines on the idea that successful ballclubs must create a culture of winning. Is it a savvy approach or a naive one?
- Lookout Landing analyzes the relative strikeout rates of Mariners pitchers.

Basketball

- The Pistons can't score on the inside.

- The Wizards can't score from the outside.

- Picking blind with only stats to guide him, who should Tyrone Corbin pick to start at the wings for his Jazz?

Football

- Stampede Blue comments on the idea that scouts overwhelmingly prefer Luck to RG3.

- Gang Green Nation talks to WR draft prospect Marvin McNutt.

- Mocking The Draft lists the pre-combine Top 100 draft prospects.

- Behind The Steel Curtain thinks that as long as the Steelers have Big Ben, they'll be contenders.

Hockey

- Arctic Ice Hockey looks at Evander Kane’s historical comparables.

- Stevie T’s day on the farm, via Copper & Blue.

- Booing a $51 million goalie? Is that OK? Broad Street Hockey thinks so.

Soccer

- The San Jose Earthquakes are this close to getting a new stadium. Quake, Rattle and Goal lays out the situation.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow breaks down UFC lightweight title challenger Ben Henderson's uncanny knack for escaping from submission attacks.

- Anton Tabuena of BE brings all the best tweets from the world of MMA.

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