Computer Problems

by John Sickels on Mar 11, 2026 12:08 PM EST

Is anyone else having internet problems, specifically with MinorLeagueBaseball.com and all other MLB sites?

The last several days, I can't get MiLB.com and most MLB.com sites to load properly. Loading is VERY slow, lockups and crashes frequent. It is really hard to do my job properly without access to these sites. The problem is happening on all three computers that I have access to. Virus and malware scans are negative.

Many other websites seem to be working OK, although loading is slow. Facebook works fine, but Youtube doesn't about half the time. Baseballreference.com works fine, but baseballcube frequently doesn't. MLbtraderumors works fine, baseballprospectus does not. Most Google-related sites are slow as hell. Fangraphs is very slow. Most SBNation sites are OK but some are loading slow, and I've had trouble accessing my own blog at times.

Am I alone in this? Any ideas? It is a serious hamper on my productivity right now. Could it be my internet connection? I guess I should take my laptop somewhere and see if it works better out of the house, although it is hard to work outside the house since all of my books and stuff are here.

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every site you mentioned is full speed ahead for me.

your router might be acting up?
I have no clue. but the internet seems to be fine on my end in its entirety.

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by e-gus on Mar 11, 2026 12:52 PM EST reply actions

sites you mentioned seem to work for me too

by Rotofan on Mar 11, 2026 12:59 PM EST reply actions

Browser issue?

Have you tried these sites in a different browser? Firefox just won’t properly display MLB Gameday on my computer, but Google Chrome has no problems.

If you have similar problems in different browsers, it might be router related. Try rebooting your router and see if that fixes things.

by wonderphenom on Mar 11, 2026 1:41 PM EST reply actions

DNS/VOIP/Router

Check your DNS settings. Did you enter in 8.8.8.8 to hit the Google DNS servers when that was all the rage? The latest is that your ISP probably has better DNS since everyone is hammering the Google servers since that became available.

If you are using your ISP’s DNS, check with them. Maybe they are having problems. The router is another good possibility. Do you have VOIP? Maybe your VOIP box is acting up. I went on a business trip, and the VOIP box acted up, and my wife unplugged everything on the VOIP box to reboot it, and then plugged the CAT-5 cable into the wrong port, which screwed up everything, of course. Check weird stuff like that, because it definitely can happen.

by tim_l on Mar 11, 2026 1:44 PM EST reply actions

gibberish

I’m sorry, but this is all gibberish to me…I don’t understand any of it.

by John Sickels on Mar 11, 2026 1:48 PM EST up reply actions

Unusual things when I access minorleagueball.com

Hey John, This has happened to me the last few days (about 3 or 4 now) when I access minorleagueball.com it redirects me to one of those advertising sites that displays:
“you have a virus system scannning” - this is just a malware website. I close and try again and things work normally. I don’t have this on the sbnation.com site. I find it odd that it is only occuring from your site. I was curious if anyone else was seeing this…

I suspect some malware has been introduced on your computer and possibly the computer hosting minorleagueball.com. The scans may come back negative but that doesn’t always mean you don’t have malware / viruses running.

I only have the problem from my home computer - it doesn’t seem to happen to me at work.

sorry for the rambling post… if anyone else is seeing this please comment

by RogoRooter on Mar 11, 2026 1:52 PM EST reply actions

yeah

Yeah, this is a network problem…the techs are tracking it down

by John Sickels on Mar 11, 2026 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

network problem

John, This was discussed by Kurt on bless you boys - Tigers blog. I had that experience a few times when clicking on his site link. Also Jason Beck’s mlb Tigers blog and also fangraphs and beyond the boxscore blogs have been slow loading this past week.

by KalineCountry on Mar 11, 2026 3:36 PM EST up reply actions

I’ve had this issue for the past 10 days w/ the Minor League Ball site. It has happened on both computers I use.

by tkienast on Mar 12, 2026 2:19 PM EST up reply actions

Something still isn't right with the site

I’m still getting the “system needs scan” randomly when I go to your site. That should never happen unless I click on an ad or something. It shouldn’t direct me to that screen right off the bat. it is directing me to ysenligne.com. Am I the only one getting this? I got it on my laptop as well so I would think this would be widespread.

by RogoRooter on Mar 12, 2026 6:24 PM EST up reply actions

site

All I can tell you is that the techs are working as hard as they can to fix it.

by John Sickels on Mar 13, 2026 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I've had issues with Facebook before and SB Nation

but that’s about all

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by feslenraster on Mar 11, 2026 5:07 PM EST reply actions

What kind of anti-virus software do you have?

You should download and run Malwarebytes. It’s free and will catch most malware. If not that, then Avast. I prefer this because it has a boot time scan option. This is the only way to truly rid your computer of all viruses and malware. It’s also free. Run your anti-virus software with the internet off. Some viruses (toolkits) have the ability to use the internet to duck your antivirus software.

Other than that, try a different browser or make sure your browser is properly updated. Make sure your flash is updated. You can do that at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

If you notice this starting to happen, try turning your router off and on again. Sometimes that will do the trick.

Do all of the above on a laptop and then take it to starbucks and see if it runs okay. Don’t access minorleagueball. If your computer runs fine after all of the above then you’ll know the problem is with the network at SB nation, Which is what I suspect is causing this.

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by padmadfan on Mar 12, 2026 7:18 PM EST reply actions