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Max Blue's Page (historic baseball teams) posted articles not available anywhere else right here on BaseballGuru.com!
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Craig Tomarkin's Page (the Guru). He posted a series of articles attempting to rank order the greatest teams of all time.He is available for your questions.

Historic Teams Data
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Articles by Max Blue
The Streak
Jaybird and Me
A Squint for All Seasons
Babe Ruth - The Baltimore Slab Artist: Game Two of the 1916 World Series

Articles by John B. Holway
Rocket's Amazing Recovery
After the NBA scandal -Could Baseball Be Next?
Giambi - Slap on the Wrist or Pat on the Fanny?
Holy Cow!! Phil in Valhalla
From the Shores of Old Lake Glimmerglass
Pesky Got a Bump Rap
The Rickey Myth
Men Willingly Believe What They Want to Believe
The Game Is Not Diluted; It's the Best Baseball Ever Played
The Myth of Babe Ruth / Riding the Wave With the Babe
The Babe Ruth Myth
The Wizdom of Diz
Who Is So Taguchi?
No Free Pass for Tony
Double XX
Barry and the Babe and Einstein's Theory of Baseball Relativity
What if Ted and Mickey Had Been on the Juice?
Alfonso, Mac, Mick, and Ted
The Ghosts of April Past
A Mummy in the Record Book
Linda Cropp Makes Sense; So Does Baseball in Washington
A Rose by Any Other Name (Giambi) Would Still Be Thorny
Come Back Tessie, We Still Love You
Baseball's DrugstoreDon't Blame the Babe
Cooperstown: Who's In? Who's Out? And why?
The Angels' Witch
Slaughter, Pesky, and the Power of Myth
Ted Williams
Steriod Cheaters
Come Back, Tessie, We Still Love You
Home Runs Vs. Sosa
The Real HR Rankings - Includes Japanese & Negro Leagues
Bert Shepard and the Missing Foot
Teddy Ballgame's Called Shots
Barry and the Babe
Give Ichiro and Biggio The MVP

Articles by the Craig Tomarkin (Guru)
MLB Foreign Expansion
Greatest Teams Ever:
Part I  Part II Part III Part IV
Greatest Non-Champion Teams Ever
Era Analysis:  I propose 10 eras of baseball history...
Pete Rose was not in the top three players on his team...

More Articles
Baseball Stuff - Tom Ruane, Hot and Cold Teams
The Cincinnati Red Stockings, by Robert Domanski

Baseball Calenders & Time Capsules
CBS Sportsline's Baseball Chronology - Magnificent interactive chronology of baseball history from Abner Doubleday first rules in 1839 to the creation of the first major league in 1871 to MLB records and feats through 1994. An absolute must see!
CBS Sportsline's This Date in Baseball History - Fun reading, check it each day.
NationalPastime.com - Shows events that happened on each day in baseball history in calendar form.
The National Pastime - Christian Ruzich, presents a hodgepodge of baseball resources.
Baseball History - See what happened "today" in baseball. Brief history on Negro Leagues.
The Library of Congress - "Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights" is a collection of baseball manuscripts, books and photographs from the 1860's to the 1960's.   It has a special section in timeline form describing the color line and Jackie Robinson . It also has a searchable database.

History
Wikipedia - Baseball from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
PBS - Ken Burns presents: The story of baseball is the story of America. It is an epic overflowing with hereoes and hopefulls, scoundrels and screwballs. VHS: Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns - Nine Inning Set
Townball Page - Description and rules for townball, the nineteenth century game that evolved into baseball.
Baseball Historians' Guide to Internet Resources - Links to mailing lists, ftp sites, telnet resources, news groups, world wide web sites about baseball history.
A Structure to Last Forever - Master's thesis by SABR member Ethan Lewis. Titled, "History of the Players' League and the Brotherhood War of 1890." He argues that the Players' League was the best chance baseball had at adopting a different structure.
Home Plate - Larry Bonura brings you original research, writing, statistics, and book reviews about major league and minor league baseball during the 1930s.
The Evolution of the Baseball Bat  - Nicely written article detailing the evolution of the baseball bat.
Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball - Mary Marshall from Greenwood Publishing Group presents over 1,450 entries including Major League, Negro League, and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players, managers, umpires and executives.
The Deadball Era - Frank Russo, who is always looking for information about deceased Major League players, presents baseball's genealogy.
The Ancient History of Baseball - Recap of the early development of the rules.

Recorded Broadcasts & Interviews
Sounds of the Game - Got a sound card?  This site has recorded broadcasts of famous events and real interviews with players and managers. Get the latest news right from the horse's mouth!

Player Profiles
CNN/SI (profiles) -  Baseball historical profiles and basic yearly statistics, listed alphabetically by player's last name, presented by CNN and Sports Illustrated.

Baseball Artifacts and Art
Baseball Reliquary - Terry Cannon will answer any questions regarding The Baseball Reliquary, which is a nonprofit, educational institution dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of baseball and its interaction with American culture by the preservation and exhibition of artifacts related to the National Pastime.

Rules about MLB Transactions
ESPN  Transactions Primer - All of the ins and outs regarding how transactions are formed.

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Web Tour Research and Analysis - Some links were appropriate for both sections of the Guru's Web Tour so don't miss it.

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