If you’re true baseball fan, oftentimes you may find yourself looking for general baseball news and not just news about your team. Sometimes it may be news on a guy who played for your favorite team who was traded or left via free agency. Many people say that you’re a fan of the team first, and a fan of the players second. But sometimes it’s hard to hate on guys who left because of all the memories they bring back with either key hits or misses (no pun intended). So first I’ll look at what the Beat Reporters are talking about around baseball, based on what the fans ask. First up, the National League East:

Mets beat reporter Marty Noble answered a lot of questions about Tommy Glavine. Glavine won his 300th game so I think it was a great column to have for (insert Mets joke here). Anyway, it’s a good read. Question: If the Mets win the World Series this year (big if) then which team will Glavine represent in the HOF? Sometimes an obvious question isn’t so obvious.

Phillies beat reporter Ken Mandel mostly covers Phillies pitching in his article with an element of DL candidates this year, including position players like Utley. Everyone always thinks that certain GM’s are Gods (like my thoughts on John Schuerholz) but a lot of credit should go to the Phillies for signing JC Romero and Jose Mesa. While this year they proved to be washed up relievers with their former teams, the Red Sox and Tigers respectively, the Phillies have done well to get a little bit more life out of them. Romero is still a good pitcher, but his K/BB ratio is abysmal.

Braves beat reporter Mark Bowman looks at the Braves in general. But looking at the questions he selected, I think the theme was Braves roster moves, both past, present and future.

Marlins beat reporter, Joe Frisaro looks at key roster moves via trades and signings that the Marlins have made to acquire contributors this year. As I said before, a lot of GM’s make good moves. If they didn’t, then they wouldn’t be doing their job. The same holds true for the Marlins. They’ve had good closers four years running: Armando Benitez, Todd Jones, Joe Borowski and now Kevin Gregg. Compare that success rate to the Braves, who until recently with Wickman were looking for a closer at every turn since Smoltz returned to starting. Another good read.

Nationals beat reporter Bill Ladson looks at who’s coming and who’s going for the Nats. The Nats can’t go anywhere but up, even though I’m surprised that they have a lot more wins than I expected at this point of the season.