Links and other online resources

[Waldo]

Sites around the web (some non-baseball related) that you may find of value.  If you have a link to add, let me know.


Official Site of the Houston Astros

http://www.astros.com/


Astros Minor League Affiliates - compiled by Jacksonian

• Round Rock Express (AAA) - Round Rock, TX
• Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) - Corpus Christi, TX
• Lancaster JetHawks (High-A) - Lancaster, CA
• Lexington Legends (Low-A) - Lexington, KY
• Tri-City ValleyCats (Short-Season A) - Troy, NY
• Greeneville Astros (Rookie) - Greeneville, TN
• Venezuelan Summer League Team - Venoco, Venezuela
• Dominican Summer League Team - Cibao, Dominican Republic

Media coverage

• Houston Chronicle - Houston's fishwrap online.  Registration required for archived articles.
• Chronicle Astros coverage - Gleam what you want from the articles, columns and blogs and avoid the clap!  "Hey!  That's great advice!"
• BugMeNot - Avoid having to register to read articles.  Fight the Man!
• 740AM KTRH - Flagship station of the Astros Radio Network.  Astros games are blacked out online.
• 1560 The Game - Sports Radio in Houston, one that somehow thought it would be a good idea to give us a show!
• 790 The Sports Animal - take a listen to Sports Radio that manages to make you feel quite intelligent because nobody can be dumber than some of these guys (Pallilo and Dalati being the exceptions of course).
• ESPN.com
• Fox Sports / Sporting News
• USA Today - Registration required
• Yahoo

General baseball links

• Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - Official site.
• Major League Baseball - Official site.
• Minor League Baseball - Official site.
• Baseball Reference - Stats for any player that ever played.
• The Baseball Cube - Comprehensive stat site with college (starting in 2002), minor league, and major league stats.
• Baseball Almanac - Stats and anecdotes.
• Retrosheet - Box scores dating back to the 1800s.
• Baseball Prospectus - The hive mind for the stat geek collective.
• Society for American Baseball Research - Interesting site that addresses many different aspects of baseball history
• Cot's Baseball Contracts - wanna know how much dinero the players are pulling down?  Have no fear, Cot's is here!

Other fan sites and forums

• Official Astros.com Forum
• Jeff Bagwell for the Hall of Fame - Comes with a blog (but no bobbleheads)!
• PlunkBiggio.com Genius!  Pure genius!
• AstrosDaily.com - Astros media article portal site with some original contributor stuff, like a History section.
• Astros Fans - Astros fans who migrated away from astros.com.
• The Crawfish Boxes - I don't name 'em, just link 'em.  A blog about the Houston Astros by rastronomical.
• ClutchFans.net - Dave Hardissey's (Clutch) prominent Rockets fan site.
• InsideTheIvy.com - Cubs fan site.  Careful, they may be posting drunk.
• BravesBeat.com - Operated by the surprisingly reasonable DarrenFromBravesNet.
• The Newberg Report - Rangers news and minor league info.
• NYYFans.com - Arrogance personified.

Computer- and Internet-related resources - Improving your general online experience

• Symantec Security Response - From the makers of Norton Antivirus.  Help stop the spread of e-mail viruses through the TZ and other sites.  Free virus removal tools.
• Lavasoft AdAware - Detect and remove adware and spyware on your computer.  Free download.
• Spybot Search & Destroy - Detect and remove adware and spyware on your computer.  Free download.
• SpywareBlaster - Provide advanced protection against adware, spyware, and other malicious software.  Free download.
• Windows Update - Download the latest security patches and service packs for Windows, Internet Explorer, and other Microsoft software.
• Firefox 3.0 - Customizeable web browser with built-in popup blocker and many other features.  Free download.