Link O' Rama for the Baseball Junkie

[zff4]

The internet has revolutionized how many of us get our information and there are great sites available for the baseball junkie. If you haven't built your link list, you don't know what you're missing. You probably know all these. But for those who don't, here you are:

These 13 indispensible sites I glace at every morning with my coffee and often before I hit the sack. Firefox's "open all in tabs" will make your life easier:

Baseball Geeks http://baseballgeeks.com/

Ballbug http://www.ballbug.com/

Ballhype http://ballhype.com/mlb/

Hardball Times http://www.hardballtimes.com/main

Baseball Digest Daily http://www.baseballdigestdaily.com/

Baseball Musings http://www.baseballmusings.com/

ProSports Daily http://www.prosportsdaily.com/mlb/mlb.html

The Baseball Analysts http://baseballanalysts.com/

Cardboard Gods http://cardboardgods.net/

Baseball Think Factory http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/

Rotoworld http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playernews.aspx?sport=MLB

MLB Trade Rumors http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

KFFL http://www.kffl.com/hotw/mlb

Baseball America http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/

Sadly, Baseball Toaster is now finished as it was truly a great baseball site, perhaps the best. I feel like a friend just died.

The below are team sites that are notable for some reason or another. It's interesting that the Mariners and the Twins elicit such intelligent blogs:

Red Sox http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net/

NYY http://www.nyyfans.com/

Cubs http://www.northsidebaseball.com/

Padres http://ducksnorts.com/

Dodgers http://www.dodgerblues.com/ (pretty much an internet baseball riot but not to be missed)

Jays http://www.drunkjaysfans.com/ (mainly for the guides which are irreverntly amusing, mildly)

Twins http://www.sethspeaks.net/ and http://www.aarongleeman.com/

Mariners http://www.ussmariner.com/ and http://prospectinsider.com/

Giants http://www.onlybaseballmatters.com/

Useful, intelligent or interesting sites at which I often end up:

Cots http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/

PitchFX http://baseball.bornbybits.com/php/combined_tool.php

FanGraphs http://www.fangraphs.com/

Hit Tracker http://hittrackeronline.com/index.php

Injury Tool http://www.fantasypitchfx.com/DL/injury-tool.php

Ben Fry's Salary vs Performance http://benfry.com/salaryper/

Baseball Reference http://www.baseball-reference.com/

Baseball Cube http://www.thebaseballcube.com/

Baseball Almanac http://www.baseball-almanac.com/

Ballpark Digest http://ballparkdigest.com/

Japanese Baseball http://www.japanesebaseball.com/

Ground Rules by Park http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/ground_rules.jsp

Baseball Prospectus http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ (tough to get much info here as BP is pretty much by subscription. But don't miss the annual book. I'll say it again. Don't miss the annual book. Don't. It's available in stores in a few weeks I believe. I'll probably take the day off work to get it, it's that good.)

No opinion on these other team forums or blogs but I might go there occasionally to see how their fans react to their own news. But good or not they all happen to be in my link list, so here they are.

Marlins http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index.php?act=idx

White Sox http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/

Cards http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/

Royals http://royalsnation.proboards62.com/index.cgi

Indians http://www.letsgotribe.com/

Nats http://www.federalbaseball.com/ and http://dcbb.blogspot.com/

Rays http://raysindex.com/

Angels http://www.angelsfanforum.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=ffedc2910e2a296da400fc868b99e87b&

Mets http://www.hotfootblog.com/

Reds http://www.redszone.com/forums/index.php?s=

Tigers http://tigerscentral.com/forums/

Brewers http://www.brewcrewball.com/

Pirates http://www.pittsburghsports.net/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=4ecfc0fd2a0aaf8eaad9d5596a83da7c

Astros http://evilwontwin.yuku.com/directory

I've missed a few teams, but some, like the D-Backs, I could care less about. I don't know why.

Add what I've missed. How can you ever get enough baseball? Unless it's the D-Backs, but that's just me.

[Moose Milligan]

nevermind, i see it.

Well done, good compilation. Should be stickied.

[orifan]

This is part of Hardball Times now, but Shysterball deserves its own link. http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/shysterball/

Joe Posnanski http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/category/baseball/

Paul DePodesta http://itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com/

Beyond the Boxscore http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/

Edited February 8, 2009 by orifan
correct name of link

[Art Wing]

Pretty awesome stuff to get all of the links together my friend, thank you.

Now I'll never get any work done.

I second the suggestion to sticky this thread.

[Migrant Redbird]

Someone posted links to fan forums for all 30 teams here a couple years ago. I think they borrowed it from a Yankees site. I took it to a Cardinals forum, where it ended up getting stickied.

zff4's list is better, though, even if it doesn't have as many of the fan forum sites listed.

[weams]

Please sticky this. Great work thanks for the effort.

[zff4]

Someone posted links to fan forums for all 30 teams here a couple years ago. I think they borrowed it from a Yankees site. I took it to a Cardinals forum, where it ended up getting stickied.

Another bunch of links to peruse, and organized by division. Thanks!

[GnatsFan]

Good list.

Another one that I don't think is listed, which I also like is:

http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/

[Migrant Redbird]

Good list.

Another one that I don't think is listed, which I also like is:

http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/

I've used that link, and been frustrated because it only provides data on the current season. They should work out a deal with Baseball Cube to archive it.

I detest the ads which bombard visitors to Baseball Cube, but they've got the most complete stats I could find on minor league players -- at least as far back as their data base covers. They also include some collegiate stats, thought never the ones which I happened to be searching for at the time.

[Vertigo]

Awesome list, thanks.

I have a lot of those, but there's definitely some new ones there for me to check out.

Here's a couple more from my favorites that aren't already listed:

Baseball-Intellect - http://www.baseball-intellect.com/

Bucs Dugout - http://www.bucsdugout.com/

MLB Outsider - http://mvn.com/mlb/

Minor League Ball - http://www.minorleagueball.com/

First Inning - http://firstinning.com/

Baseball Factory - http://www.baseballfactory.com/

[sakata_catching]

Yes, please sticky this. Great stuff.

Two additional, very good Pirates-related blogs:

Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke?

Pittsburgh Lumber Co.

[Skeletor]

Baseballthinkfactory.org

Baseball-fever.com

[sakata_catching]

Also: retrosheet.org

[Stotle]

I've used that link, and been frustrated because it only provides data on the current season. They should work out a deal with Baseball Cube to archive it.

I detest the ads which bombard visitors to Baseball Cube, but they've got the most complete stats I could find on minor league players -- at least as far back as their data base covers. They also include some collegiate stats, thought never the ones which I happened to be searching for at the time.

They do past seasons as well.

[Baltimoron]

Tango & MGL - http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/