Wow! Here's your chance to pick the brains of the best minds in baseball. Find out what the insiders know.
The Experts: Newspapers, Columnists and Sports Writers
Baseball
Newsstand - Would you believe that while online, you can read the sports
sections of the local newspapers from every city hosting a major league team?
And, if that's not enough, you can visit the web sites for dozens of
respected baseball columnists! Maybe you'll be brave enough to email
them with your questions.
BaseballStuff
- Ask the Baseball Scholars themselves!
Email Jim Furtado and
Sean Forman. Visitors are encouraged to participate by asking a question
or by answering a question. Please share your knowledge. The Baseball
Scholars will periodically pop in to help with their expertise.
Newspapers.com
- The world's newspapers online. See college and university newspapers, trade
journals, sports sections from foreign countries and online news services.
Fantasy
Baseball Hub - List of other baseball "gurus" specializing in fantasy
baseball.
MLB Players
Bigleaguers.com
- Personal home pages for every player in major league baseball, presented
by the Players Association. Virtual baseball cards and photos. Email
any player, get his vital info and stats for this season in progress.
Big
Bad Baseball - List of player web sites
Assn.of
Pro Ballplayers of America - Here is a contact for former ballplayers'addresses:
Dick Beverage, Assn.of Pro Ballplayers of America,1820
Orangewood,Orange,CA 92868,(714)935-9993.
He is a SABR member; his email should be in the Directory.
MLB League Executives
Allan H. (Bud) Selig, Commissioner
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
245 Park Avenue, 31st floor
New York, NY 10167
Major League Baseball Players Association
Donald M. Fehr, Executive Director and General Counsel
12 East 49th Street
New York, NY 10017
Use this
if only if desperate:
Email every team
in one shot!
Internet Resources
Here's
a shortcut to the
Research
section of the Baseball Guru's Web Tour. The link to
SABR might be of particular interest.
Beyond the Internet
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Reading their books and subscribing to their services enriches your overall
baseball experience whether you're a casual fan or a serious analyst.
Celebrity Guest Panel:
Authors
Jim
Albright (Japanese baseball)
Max
Blue (historic teams, Phillies)
Bruce
Baskin (Latin Baseball)
Bill
Burgess (research)
Clay
DuVall (baseball crossword puzzles)
Bart
Ewing (fantasy baseball)
Carlos
Fragoso (Latin baseball)
Harvey
Frommer (Players, Yankees)
Gary
Garland (Japanese baseball)
Eric
Gartman (baseball business)
A.
C. Haeffner (former sports card and memorabilia dealer)
Leslie
Heaphy (Women's Baseball, Negro Leagues and Latin Leagues)
Michael
Hoban (Great player analysis)
John
B. Holway (esteemed and widely published Negro Leagues expert)
John
Korsgaard (franchise and player specialist)
Bruce
Markusen (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
Mike
McCann (Minor Leagues)
Lenny
Melnick (Fantasy Baseball)
Joe
Mock (ballparks)
Jeff
Mordock (Hall of Fame analyst)
Gene
Newman (Foreign Leagues)
Kevin
Saldana (spring training and minor leagues)
Dan
Schlossberg (history, trivia)
Craig
Tomarkin (the Guru)
Andrew
Wong (Korean/Taiwanese baseball)
Webzines
Herb Rogoff's
ONEMOREINNING
Players
Chris
Hook (former SF Giants pitcher)
Japanese Baseball
Michael
Westbay of
Japanesebaseball.com -
Michael Westbay, Fan
discussions on Pro Yakyu. Also see his previous
web site Pro
Yakyu Central, which has Japanese pro baseball ("yakyu") news and statistics.
You'll find standings, batting and pitching leaders, as well as play-by-play
summaries of Japan Series games.
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