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This is un-f’ing-believable.
Joey Votto, who would undoubtedly be in the top 5 if NL MVP voting were held today, was inexplicably not named as an NL All Star reserve by Phillies manager Charlie Manuel.
So who was named? Well, Ryan Howard was, of course.
Yeah, this would be the figurative definition of getting “f’d in the a”.
We all know that this is the one of the slowest days of the sports year, if not the slowest. Â Luckily for us, a few ultra-conservative political websites (National Review and Free Republic) decided to link to my post highlighting George Bush’s first pitch at Game 3 of the 2001 World Series, which provided a much appreciated traffic bump for the day. Though some of our commenters today have not been too pleased that I refused to rake President Obama over the coals for his less-than-stellar toss last night, we certainly appreciate their visits.
With that in mind, it’s time to spread a little love to our friends in the sports blogosphere with our daily link dump that we refer to around here as LOTD (Links of the Day).
 And the first link of the day is a blog that should be required daily reading for any sports fan, and a place that link to often: Hot Clicks by Jimmy Traina.  In addition to sterling pictures of Erin Andrews and Beyonce in today’s edition, Jimmy has embedded one of the highlights of last night’s All Star game: the pitch-perfect Taco Bell commercial featuring a devilishly clever parody of the song “It’s All About the Benjamins.”
The video is below, and is about as good as it gets for non-Super Bowl commercials. Â
Come to think of it, with the relatively poor quality of recent Super Bowl commercials, this one may be as good as it gets period.
And now we spread some link love elsewhere around Al Gore’s glorious creation, the Internet:
Jay Crawford: ESPN’s Resident Hard-Ass — (Deadspin)
Cards Willing to Make Strong Offer for Halladay — (MLB Trade Rumors)
Batting Stance Guy on Letterman — (Zoner Sports)
Goodbye, Dale Tallon — (Tremendous Upside Potential)
A Dozen Video Game Firsts — (Gunaxin)
Harry Potter Look-A-Likes in the Sports World — (Sports Rubbish)
Mountain West, WAC Sign BCS Contract — (The World According to MoonDog)
Derrick Mason Goes Barry Sanders All Over the Ravens — (Detroit 4 Lyfe)
Remembering the Duel in the Sun — (Major League Jerk)
Former Standout QB Found Dead — (Sparty and Friends)
Want to throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field? — (Valspar)
MLB Halfway There Hardware — (Josh Q. Public)
