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

-With all the craziness of the trade weekend, some baseball happenings may have gone unnoticed.  Big League Stew gives five things you may have missed while teams were dealing.

-The July trade deadline may have passed, but teams can still use waivers to make deals this month.  MLB Trade Rumors has a list of potential August trade candidates, sorted by team.

-Meanwhile, Steve Henson of Yahoo's The Post Game gives us a slideshow of MLB's most lopsided midseason trades ever.

-Savvy baserunning is one thing, but Seattle infielder Brendan Ryan took it to a whole new level on Tuesday night when he took advantage of Oakland's lack of attention and stretched an infield single into three bases.

-Deadspin has an interesting email correspondence regarding a photo of Angels infielder Erick Aybar.  Does he really have henchmen?  How dangerous are they?

-So Ronny Cedeno gets $125,000 if he wins a league MVP award?  Replacement Level Baseball did some digging and came up with an amusing list of some unusual MLB contract bonuses.

-Grantland's Chris Jones presents an interesting explanation for Barry Zito's difficulties after inking his huge contract.  Did the need to place a value on himself break Zito's connection with what made him great?

-Baseball has a long history of manager meltdowns, but the most memorable of this season may have to go to Tri City Valleycats manager Stubby Clapp, who went ballistic after a hit by pitch is negated by the umpire.

-Jeff Sullivan of SB Nation examines just how awful Milwaukee Brewers infielder Craig Counsell's ridiculously long and ongoing batting slump really is.

-Rob Neyer asks if MLB's new trend toward the six-man pitching rotation is just a fad or something that is here to stay.

-He may be a pioneer for MLB's modern front office men but, as SI.com's Tom Verducci writes, Oakland general manager Billy Beane has now been left behind, making the bestselling book (and upcoming movie) Moneyball into a period piece.