Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles and observations throughout the internet.  Here's what we're reading this week.

-For anyone who missed it, rapper Snoop Dogg tossed out the first pitch for Thursday night's Chicago White Sox game against the Twins.  Not surprisingly, the pitch was a bit high.

-Josh Hamilton's 2012 season numbers have been superhuman, and now he is literally running through walls.

-Cincinnati-area college student Caleb Lloyd has had a pretty good week:  after catching back-to-back home runs on Monday, the Reds made him an honorary captain for the Tuesday's game.

-Seattle infielder and Alex Liddi is just major league baseball's second Italian-born player, and Fangraphs writer Alex Remington gives a rundown of the rarity of European big leaguers and who has been the best among them.

-A Babe Ruth jersey recently sold at auction for a record $4.4 million- 44 times what Ruth himself went for back in 1919.

-Deadspin has an excerpt from Chris Ballard's recently published book chronicling the amazing story of the 1971 Macon High Ironmen.

-The New York Post's Joel Sherman asks if the New York Yankees tendency to enlist older, veteran players is finally catching up to them this season.

-Tigers outfielder Quintin Berry had over 3000 minor league plate appearances before his big league debut Wednesday night, and he amazingly collected his first major league hit by bunting for a double.