I Need Your Input

by mssickels on Jan 3, 2008 10:30 AM EST in News Comment 88 comments

Everybody,

I am hoping you can help me out. I'd like to create a good list of fan sites for each team. I have such a list, but a lot of the sites on it are defunct, and I'd like to update.

I know the ones John frequents, but I'm betting that you have ones that he doesn't know about.

If you have a fan site that is devoted to a specific team that you respect and enjoy, please put a link to it in the replies.

Thanks!

JERI

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Cardinals

Major league club:
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/

Minor League stuff:
http://futureredbirds.com/

One thing that's nice is that they work well together, referencing each other and having some crossover bloggers. In synch, so to speak.

gogotabata: "I'm like the biggest Walden fan around here (adult division)..."

by siddfynch on Jan 3, 2008 10:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

cardinals

agreed, futureredbirds.com is the best cardinals minor league site out there.

by fewgoodcards on Jan 3, 2008 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta Braves

Braves Journal (http://www.bravesjournal.com)
Chop-N-Change (http://www.chop-n-change.com)
Talking Chop (http://www.talkingchop.com)
Rowland's Office (http://rowlandsoffice.typepad.com)
Braves & Birds (http://bravesandbirds.blogspot.com)

Sabernomics (not exactly a Braves blog; it's about the economics of baseball, but written by a Braves fan: http://www.sabernomics.com/)

by alexwithclass on Jan 3, 2008 10:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Braves Journal is excellent and constantly updated, and Sabernomics, while updated more sporadically, is a wonderful site for getting a different perspective on a lot of things baseball-related, as well as regular thoughts on the Braves.

I also read Chop-N-Change and Talking Chop from time to time. Can't really say about the others.

If you have to choose one, Braves Journal is clearly the best blog on the web for Braves content (daily game threads and recaps during the season, etc. as well as a decent community).

by mraver on Jan 3, 2008 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Braves Journal and Chop-N-Change

In the interests of full disclosure, I should say that I'm a regular commenter at Braves Journal, and a contributor to Chop-N-Change.

by alexwithclass on Jan 3, 2008 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd like to...

..add mine to the list.

Rain Delay: http://rain-delay.com

Currently on Hiatus, but will return before the end of the month. I usually take some of the winter off, just to recharge the batteries.

It's kinda a duel blog, as I talk about the Mariners a bit too. But much more Braves content, than Mariners.

Rain Delay - Bloggin' the Braves

by Rain Delay on Jan 3, 2008 3:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Another site

Corkscrew Swings (http://corkscrewswings.blogspot.com/)

by Dreamscape on Jan 6, 2008 1:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Royals

I'm sure John knows this one, but:

www.royalboard.com

Has major and minor league forums.

by killa on Jan 3, 2008 10:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Well

Most active forum is almost certainly Royals Corner at Scout.com:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=281&f=2054#s=281&f=2054

Royals Review is active, particularly in-season, with huge game threads:
http://www.royalsreview.com/

by BlueEyesAustin on Jan 3, 2008 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Royals blogs

Some of the better ones I've seen--

Royals Authority - http://mvn.com/mlb-royals/
Royals Retro (I highly recommend this) - http://royalsretro.blogspot.com/
Royal Reflections - http://royalreflections.blogspot.com/
The Royal Tower - http://royaltower.blogspot.com/
In Dayton We Trust - http://indaytonwetrust.blogspot.com/

Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Jan 3, 2008 11:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Royals Review

Huge thumbs up. Great community. Often funny. Good analysis. I think the best team specific baseball blog out there.

http://www.royalsreview.com/

by James Quinn on Jan 5, 2008 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rangers

Here are the must visits for Ranger fans, as far as I'm concerned:

Adam Morris's Lone Star Ball has a lively group of daily posters with animated discussion the norm. http://www.lonestarball.com/
Every team should be lucky enough to have a Jamey Newberg. He passionately covers the entire system and probably knows as much about Ranger prospects as anyone. http://www.newbergreport.com/
Scott Lucas posts interesting analysis from time to time, and his blog features detailed minor league stats and a team depth chart. http://rangers.scottlucas.com/
Mike Hindman blogs at mlb.com with in depth looks at minor leaguers. He's currently ranking all the organization's top prospects, just finished up the starting pitchers. http://rangersfarmreport.mlblogs.com/
CJ Wilson and Brandon McCarthy both post comments at Lone Star Ball occasionally, joining in the discussions. Wilson also has a blog through mlb.com. Not a fan site, per se, but always an interesting read. http://cjwilson.mlblogs.com/

by t ball on Jan 3, 2008 10:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

+1

Also, Jason Cole's Lone Star Dugout http://rangers.scout.com/ goes in depth on a lot of Rangers prospects. It's a pay-site, but most worth it.

by naropean on Jan 3, 2008 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lonestarball

isnt bad if you dont mind homosexuals and alot of OT.

But if you dig through the bs there is some good info there.

by Roo on Jan 3, 2008 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Also

I'd like to submit my own blog, Baseball Time in Arlington: http://mvn.com/mlb-rangers

I may not possess the experience or readership that Adam and Jamey have, but I'd like to think I provide some interesting insight.

by jamcadbury on Jan 5, 2008 11:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nationals

Major league club:
Capitol Punishment: http://dcbb.blogspot.com/
Oleanders and Morning Glories: http://mvn.com/mlb-nationals/
Nats320: http://nats320.blogspot.com/

Minor league stuff:
Nationals Farm Authority: http://www.farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/

by NFA Brian on Jan 3, 2008 10:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Kudos to Nationals Farm Authority!!!

It is THE place to go to for news on the Nats minor leagues, perfect companion to this site.

The Federal Baseball site has changed writers last August, Capitol Punishment now has more statistical analyses, I put it 2nd to NFA.

by VladiHondo on Jan 4, 2008 8:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yankees

There are a ton of good ones:
Majors
Bronx Banter - http://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/
noMaas.org - http://www.nomaas.org/
River Ave. Blues (good minors focus too) - http://www.riveraveblues.com/
RLYW - http://replacementlevel.com/
The Bronx Block - http://mvn.com/mlb-yankees
The LoHud Yankees Blog - http://yankees.lohudblogs.com/
WasWatching.com - http://www.waswatching.com/
Yanksblog.com - http://www.yanksblog.com

Minors:
Pending Pinstripes - http://mvn.com/milb-yankees
SWB Yankees Blog - http://emedia.thetimes-tribune.com/Blogs/SWBYankees/tabid/552/Default.aspx

by jvarghese81 on Jan 3, 2008 10:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

re: Yankees

don't forget Yankees: Looking for the Future: http://yankeesfuture.wordpress.com

--http://yankeesfuture.wordpress.com Bobby Mcnally (alias) "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."--Napoleon Hall

by bobbymcnally on Jan 3, 2008 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Absolutely right on all of those, I check them all frequently.

Yeah. Not so much.

by twentyseven on Jan 3, 2008 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and.....

my poorly updated, unpopular blog
http://yankeesmtom.blogspot.com/

http://yankeesmtom.blogspot.com/

by hallofamer2000 on Jan 3, 2008 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Dodgers

Dodger Thoughts. Just great: www.dodgerthoughts.com

True Blue LA:
http://www.truebluela.com/

by silvysilv on Jan 3, 2008 10:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

orioles

http://forum.orioleshangout.com

by orioole26 on Jan 3, 2008 10:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Forgot

OriolesHangout

by orioole26 on Jan 4, 2008 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Orioles

Inside the Warehouse

http://orioles.scout.com/

by Alsigko on Jan 8, 2008 6:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Mariners

Lookout Landing - http://www.lookoutlanding.com/
USSMariner - http://www.ussmariner.com/
Prospect Insider - http://prospectinsider.com/

by patsfan on Jan 3, 2008 10:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

uss mariner

has had some of the best blog material I've seen on a team site - one of the few I'll go to just to read on a team I don't really follow.

gogotabata: "I'm like the biggest Walden fan around here (adult division)..."

by siddfynch on Jan 3, 2008 11:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Concur

on Lookout Landing and USS Mariner.

by future on Jan 3, 2008 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

(cough)

I do the minor league thing. The link should appear in my sig.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/milb-mariners/

by JY on Jan 3, 2008 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

+1

I just checked it out for the 1st time. Good stuff.

gogotabata: "I'm like the biggest Walden fan around here (adult division)..."

by siddfynch on Jan 3, 2008 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

<3 Lookout Landing

Aside from the great analysis... absolutely and completely hilarious.

Just read this one example:
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/story/2006/12/7/173611/736

by Fett42 on Jan 3, 2008 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ahaha

i correctly guessed what this was going to be before clicking on the link.

by wily mo on Jan 3, 2008 6:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Mets

'The Ultimate Met Database' for statting:
http://www.ultimatemets.com/

The Crane Pool Forum for chatting:
http://cranepoolforum.qwknetllc.com/phpbb2/index.php

and 'Faith & Fear in Flushing' for blogging:
http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/

by Frayed Knot on Jan 3, 2008 10:48 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mets

www.metsblog.com

it's all you'll need.

by MEForeman on Jan 3, 2008 10:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

+1

by robcast23 on Jan 3, 2008 11:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No Metsgeek

Awful site which does no insight on the team. It just regurgitates information from others and compiles it in one tidy location.

Metsgeek or Amazin' Avenue (both run by the same guy)

by future on Jan 3, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

+2.5

by Lunkwill Fook on Jan 3, 2008 12:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

-1,000,000...

...MetsGeek provides REAL insight...MetsBlog is the garbage one, Cerrone is clueless.

Pret-ty, pret-ty, pret-ty good.

by uga007 on Jan 3, 2008 3:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Minor League Braves

Baby Braves: www.mvn.com/milb-braves

by ajones2522 on Jan 3, 2008 11:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

www.fourthout.com

Giants site, by me!

by Sabean2009 on Jan 3, 2008 11:30 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

A's sites

A's @ Andrew Koch.com: http://www.andrewkoch.com/
Beaneball: http://beaneball.org/
Athletics Nation: www.athleticsnation.com
Elephants in Oakland: http://elephantsinoakland.com/blog.html
New A's Ballpark: http://newballpark.blogspot.com/
A's Drumbeat: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=21
Oakland Clubhouse: http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=304#s=304&F=2062&FIX=1

by Big J on Jan 3, 2008 11:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

May I add

My own site: Catfish Stew
http://catfishstew.baseballtoaster.com/

MVN's A's blog is the other major regularly updated MLB A's blog not named above:
http://mvn.com/mlb-athletics/

Plus, some good minor league A's blogs:
MVN again:
http://mvn.com/milb-athletics/

Notes from the Nat:
http://www.notesfromthenat.com/

And River Chat:
http://rcats.wordpress.com/

by kenarneson on Jan 3, 2008 11:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Off Topic

A cool college basketball sim

http://drivethelane.com/bask

by Falloooooon on Jan 3, 2008 11:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

existing list from other site

http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?showtopic=18801

by Galt on Jan 3, 2008 12:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Reds

http://www.redszone.com
http://www.redsminorleagues.com

by team name deleted on Jan 3, 2008 12:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

+2

Bring yer A game to Redszone if you come. We eat trolls for fun.

by BoydsOfSummer on Jan 3, 2008 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

On Baseball and the Reds

A site by JinAZ is an excellent SABR-type blog covering the Reds. Well worth reading.

http://jinaz-reds.blogspot.com/

by James Quinn on Jan 5, 2008 4:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Cubs

Probably the best is Bleed Cubbie Blue (though being referred to as a Cubbie still annoys) http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/
The Cub Reporter (good list of authors) http://mvn.com/mlb-cubs/
CubsHub (a little slow now but usually a good read) http://www.cubshub.com/
For minor leagues (usually has daily reports from all the Cubs affliates during the season) http://mvn.com/milb-cubs/

I am one of the bad things that happen to good people.

by WayneCampbell05 on Jan 3, 2008 12:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Tribe

Let's Go Tribe

by APV on Jan 3, 2008 12:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Tribe...

Also...

The DiaTribe
Indians Top Prospects
Indians Ink

by Fundamentals on Jan 3, 2008 1:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

question

are there still mods? do they actually read the site?

by wily mo on Jan 3, 2008 12:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yeah

I've been wondering lately too.

by AucklandGM on Jan 3, 2008 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Red Sox

www.redsoxnation.net
www.soxprospects.com

I can't think of any others off the top of my head; but I'm sure some other posters can add a few.

by RandyKutcherHair on Jan 3, 2008 1:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Rays

draysbay.com
raysbb.com

by UCFKnights on Jan 3, 2008 1:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

+1

Also raysindex.com

by raysfan1988 on Jan 4, 2008 1:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Padres

Geoff Young of Ducksnorts, Knucklecurve, and The Hardball Times, has compiled a list of Padre blogs at PadreBlogs.com ( http://bulletins.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bulletin.read&messageID=5122975308&MyToken =eb5784e3-9db7-4b77-b43c-a196dca6b7e1 )

I'm a better hitter than Enzo Hernandez, and a better outfielder than Jerry Turner.

by LanceRichardson on Jan 3, 2008 1:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

BlueJays

There are more, but the ones i frequent include:

http://www.battersbox.ca/

and for a more tabloid/entertaining (outright funny but not for the easily offended) variety of Blue Jays writing:

http://www.drunkjaysfans.blogspot.com/

ok! ok! Blue Jays! Blue Jays! Lets! Play! Ball!

by BJ Birdie on Jan 3, 2008 1:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Best Jays Sites

Drunk Jays Fans
http://drunkjaysfans.blogspot.com

All Your Base are Belong to Rios
http://belongtorios.blogspot.com

Hum & Chuck
http://hum-and-chuck.blogspot.com

by Andrew Friedman on Jan 3, 2008 7:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jays site

also www.bluejayway.ca is probably the second biggest one behind battersbox. Marc Hulet posts tons of good scouting reports there too.

by eeleye on Jan 3, 2008 11:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rockies

http://www.purplerow.com

There is also a list of other blogs along the right sidebar. Good stuff. RoxGirl and Russ do a great job.

by Prospector on Jan 3, 2008 1:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Tigers

Motown Sports: http://www.motownsports.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=7

Lee's excellent blog:

http://detroittigertales.blogspot.com/

Other blogs that I like:

http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=granderson_curtis

Rob

by rjs on Jan 3, 2008 1:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

White Sox

http://soxtalk.com
http://www.southsidesox.com/

by RogoRooter on Jan 3, 2008 2:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Giants blogs

Besides fourthout.com what are some other good ones. Tell me.

by Sabean2009 on Jan 3, 2008 2:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Giants Blogs

Take your pick. And if you really are Brian Sabean, pay particular attention to McCovey Chronicles :-)

by nvsfg on Jan 3, 2008 10:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Gotta change on 'SF Dugout'

You'll note that link is no longer to SFDugout. Scout.com and SFDugout went separate ways over the summer, and that site (Scout.com) is now known as 'sfhardball.com'. It doesn't have a regular contributor.

I have it on good authority that SFDugout is literally within days of returning, at (believe it or not) SFDugout.com.

by BruteSentiment on Jan 4, 2008 9:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs