While you were sleeping, these links were inspiring me to blatantly rip off Rob Neyer's old bit and point you toward brilliant work that other people are doing. Enjoy:

In the wake of Duke Snider's passing, the incomparable Joe Posnanski digs deep into the 1955 MVP award voting and solves a 66-year-old mystery. And he does it with style.

My good friend (and the unofficial Mayor of Milwaukee), Larry Granillo marks the passing of Duke Snider by looking at how he, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were represented in the Peanuts comic strip. Lar's brilliant as usual.

Speaking of our friends at Baseball Prospectus, Steven Goldman is running through the 50 most disappointing prospects of all time. I can't figure out how Matt Wieters is on the list when he's only 24. If only he could have made more loaves and fishes to feed us all.

Perhaps you were not aware why your baseball team sucks? Grey Papke of Juust A Bit Outside can help. (h/t to the brilliant and delightful Amanda Rykoff of espnW.)

What baseball team should you root for? This handy flow chart should help clear up any doubt. I'm not sure it works, because it told me I'm a Padres fan, but only because I'm not ashamed to eat sushi at a ballgame. Frightened, yes. Ashamed, no.

This is a fun little quiz on Sporcle (which, by the way, is completely addictive). Name 15 baseball players by a graph of their career.

Gosh, if this doesn't get you out of a speeding ticket, I don't know what hope the rest of us have.

And in case you missed them in the last couple weeks, here's what we've been up to lately on The Platoon Advantage, counting down The 40 Worst Offseasons of All Time and Projecting the BBWAA Hall of Fame voting for the next 25 years. Tomorrow, we'll have a roundup of all the action on the SweetSpot Network on the site as well, so stop by.

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