A quick trip around the baseball blogosphere ...  
•  Despite previous whispers that his ankle may have been broken, Jimmy Rollins is in Clearwater and taking batting practice today. [High Cheese]

•  It's official ... Frank Thomas is back in Oakland. [Y! Sports]

•  I enjoyed this debate over how big of an achievement reaching 3,000 strikeouts really is. [At The Dish]

• A great piece on the seven stages of Phickle Philly Phans. [The Good Phight]

• An in-depth look at Wayne Krivsky's moves as Reds' GM. Some of them aren't the best, but he probably didn't deserved to get canned as quickly as he did. [Redleg Nation]

• Are the Cubs a better team without Alfonso Soriano? Their 8-1 record since he hit the DL would seem to indicate so. [Goat Riders of the Apocalypse]

• Sam Zell is thinking World Series and what a great treat that would be for such a nice man who cares about baseball, the Cubs and Wrigley Field so much. [Hardball]

• The Mets' Joe Smith likes swearing at hecklers. (NSFW) [Home Run Derby]

• Big BLS props go to anyone who flies halfway across the country for a baseball game, then gets on a plane and flies back home. [Mets Blog]

• Is John Smoltz the greatest pitcher of all time? MLB.com apparently thinks so. [Umpbump]

• Nats Park ain't so bad, so long as you don't look directly at the field. [Capitol Punishment]

• Fan sees Gabe Kapler at Chipotle, gets autographed burrito receipt. [Chuckie Hacks]