Baseball Links

General Baseball News, Stats, and Such

• ESPN. Insightful analysis from Rob Neyer and John Sickels, among others.
• USA Today. The place to go for stats and transactions.
• CNN/SI. More stats, transactions, etc.
• CBS Sportsline. Same as the others.
• Major League Baseball. The official site of MLB.
• STATS. Publisher of fine baseball statistics books.
• The Sandlot Shrink. Reasonably reliable, up-to-date depth charts.
• strikethree.com. Must see to appreciate. Very entertaining and informative.
• Fastball.

Sabermetric Sites

• BaseballHQ. Ron Shandler's site. Home of his Baseball Forecaster.
• Baseball Prospectus. Home of one of the more cutting-edge baseball annuals published today.
• Big Bad Baseball Annual. Another outstanding baseball annual.
• Baseball Think Factory.
• Stathead.
• Retrosheet. Organization whose members go back and score pre-1984 Major League games to add to the fountain of baseball knowledge.
• Baseballpages.com. Greg Spira's outstanding site contains a wealth of information.
• The Baseball Archive. Another excellent source, including an unbelievably comprehensive database of baseball statistics.
• Society for American Baseball Research. A great organization dedicated to the research of all aspects of baseball.

Simulation Games

• Scoresheet Fantasy Sports. The king of baseball sims!
• Diamond Mind Baseball. Another excellent sim; I haven't played this one, but I've heard very good things about it. They also do some baseball research.
• Baseball Mogul. Highly addictive "armchair general manager" sim developed by Infinite Monkey.
• Baseball Sim Central. Not a game, but a fine resource for baseball simming in general.

Scoresheet-Related Sites

Leagues I'm In

• AL AIL
• BL Roaring Twenty
• AL Willard
• NL Willard

Other Scoresheet Sites

• Brian Jones--Scoresheet Baseball Stuff. Brian runs Scoresheet-Talk, an e-mail list. He's in several leagues and provides many outstanding resources for the Scoresheet community. After you've been to the Scoresheet site, this should be your next stop.
• JDM's Scoresheet Baseball. Links to various leagues; provides interesting historical information, as well in-season updates on minor league prospects.
• Rob's Simulation Baseball. Rob Sitler's site, complete with his own player projections.
• Fantasy Baseball Links. Ray McKelvie's site features links to many outstanding online resources.

Minor Leagues and Prospects

• Baseball America. The most comprehensive coverage of the minor leagues.
• Minor League Baseball. Official site.
• USA Today Minor League Index. Stats, schedules, box scores, and more.
• TopProspectAlert.com. New to the scene; I'm the California League correspondent.
• Iowa Farm Report. Sean Forman's statistical evaluation of hitting and pitching prospects.
• Prospects, Projects, and Suspects. Daniel Levine's site about prospects; he also has an informative mailing list.
• At the Yard. Great site put together by minor league pitcher Chris Hook--includes journals kept by Hook and other minor leaguers to give visitors a real feel for a life in baseball.
• The Minor League Newsstand. Jim Meeks' site is an excellent resource for finding news about the minor leagues.

Flotsam and Jetsam

• John Skilton's Baseball Links. The ultimate collection of links to baseball-related sites.
• NetShrine. "An 'easy to use,' low tech, and fast loading virtual mechanism for baseball fans to peruse, enjoy, and learn more about the those Major League Baseball players who stand out."
• SportsOnly!
"The interactive sports community."