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Title: Links and other online resources
Post by: Waldo on January 28, 2005, 03:46:52 am

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/ (http://astros.mlb.com/)


Astros Minor League Affiliates - compiled by Jacksonian (http://www.orangewhoopass.com/bbs/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=426&an=0&page=0)

• Round Rock Express (AAA) (http://www.roundrockexpress.com/" target="_blank") - Round Rock, TX
• Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) (http://www.cchooks.com/) - Corpus Christi, TX
• Lancaster JetHawks (High-A) (http://www.jethawks.com/) - Lancaster, CA
• Lexington Legends (Low-A) (http://www.lexingtonlegends.com/) - Lexington, KY
• Tri-City ValleyCats (Short-Season A) (http://www.tcvalleycats.com/) - Troy, NY
• Greeneville Astros (Rookie) (http://www.greenevilleastros.com/) - Greeneville, TN
• Venezuelan Summer League Team (http://www.vsl.com.ve/) - Venoco, Venezuela
• Dominican Summer League Team (http://www.dominicansummerleague.com/) - Cibao, Dominican Republic

Media coverage

• Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/) - Houston's fishwrap online.  Registration required for archived articles.
• Chronicle Astros coverage (http://www.chron.com/sports/astros/) - Gleam what you want from the articles, columns and blogs and avoid the clap!  "Hey!  That's great advice!"
• BugMeNot (http://www.bugmenot.com/) - Avoid having to register to read articles.  Fight the Man!
• 740AM KTRH (http://www.ktrh.com/) - Flagship station of the Astros Radio Network.  Astros games are blacked out online.
• 1560 The Game (http://www.1560thegame.com/) - Sports Radio in Houston, one that somehow thought it would be a good idea to give us a show!
• 790 The Sports Animal (http://790thesportsanimal.com/main.html) - 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 (http://baseball.espn.go.com/mlb/)
• Fox Sports / Sporting News (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb)
• USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/front.htm) - Registration required
• Yahoo (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/)

General baseball links

• Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/) - Official site.
• Major League Baseball (http://www.mlb.com/) - Official site.
• Minor League Baseball (http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/) - Official site.
• Baseball Reference (http://www.baseballreference.com/) - Stats for any player that ever played.
• The Baseball Cube (http://www.thebaseballcube.com/) - Comprehensive stat site with college (starting in 2002), minor league, and major league stats.
• Baseball Almanac (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/) - Stats and anecdotes.
• Retrosheet (http://www.retrosheet.org/) - Box scores dating back to the 1800s.
• Baseball Prospectus (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/) - The hive mind for the stat geek collective.
• Society for American Baseball Research (http://www.sabr.org/) - Interesting site that addresses many different aspects of baseball history
• Cot's Baseball Contracts (http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/) - 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 (http://www.forums.mlb.com/ml-astros)
• Jeff Bagwell for the Hall of Fame (http://www.jeffbagwell.com/) - Comes with a blog (but no bobbleheads)!
• PlunkBiggio.com (http://www.plunkbiggio.blogspot.com/) Genius!  Pure genius!
• AstrosDaily.com (http://www.astrosdaily.com) - Astros media article portal site with some original contributor stuff, like a History section.
• Astros Fans (http://astros.brokersys.com/forum/index.php) - Astros fans who migrated away from astros.com.
• The Crawfish Boxes (http://www.crawfishboxes.com/) - I don't name 'em, just link 'em.  A blog about the Houston Astros by rastronomical.
• ClutchFans.net (http://www.clutchfans.net/) - Dave Hardissey's (Clutch) prominent Rockets fan site.
• InsideTheIvy.com (http://cubs.scout.com/) - Cubs fan site.  Careful, they may be posting drunk.
• BravesBeat.com (http://www.bravesbeat.com/) - Operated by the surprisingly reasonable DarrenFromBravesNet.
• The Newberg Report (http://www.newbergreport.com/) - Rangers news and minor league info.
• NYYFans.com (http://www.nyyfans.com/) - Arrogance personified.

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

• Symantec Security Response (http://www.sarc.com/) - 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 (http://lavasoft.com/) - Detect and remove adware and spyware on your computer.  Free download.
• Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html) - Detect and remove adware and spyware on your computer.  Free download.
• SpywareBlaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) - Provide advanced protection against adware, spyware, and other malicious software.  Free download.
• Windows Update (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/) - Download the latest security patches and service packs for Windows, Internet Explorer, and other Microsoft software.
• Firefox 3.0 (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/) - Customizeable web browser with built-in popup blocker and many other features.  Free download.