Best Of The SB Nation Network: July 16, 2012

We have 322 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn’t have a chance to read them all we’ve collected the best stuff right here. Get sports smart in no time fast!

Baseball

-- McCovey Chronicles has a list of Giants hitters who swing at more pitches outside the strike zone than the average big leaguer. That’s bad news.

-- Camden Chat has its weekly evaluation of Orioles player performance.

-- Royals Reviews assigns first-half report cards to the Royals outfielders.

-- Over The Monster plays armchair GM with the Red Sox for the forthcoming trade deadline.

Basketball

-- Blazersedge breaks down the numbers on the Nic Batum offer sheet.

-- Suns fans get an introduction to Luis Scola.

-- Don’t laugh, but SLC Dunk compares Dwyane Wade and Alec Burks.

Football

-- Bleeding Green Nation evaluates the change at cornerback in Philly.
-- Daily Norseman keeps you up with the Adrian Peterson arrest scenario.
-- The Bills are the latest team with stadium issues. Buffalo Rumblings has the latest.
-- Field Gulls dissects the Seahawks running game.

Soccer

-- When your team signs a high-priced Designated Player the fanbase is supposed to rejoice, right? Find out why 86 Forever is none too pleased with the Whitecaps’ latest signing.
-- Two steps forward, one step back: That’s the way The Bent Musket sees the Revolution’s season going and it’s mostly the fault of set pieces.

Combat Sports

-- Scott Christ of Bad Left Hook did some outstanding coverage of this weekend’s boxing action. Here’s Haye vs Chisora and Khan vs Garcia.