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Major Leagues
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Take Me Out" Turns 100 
 This article describes how Major League Baseball (MLB) will commemorate during opening week 2008 the 100th anniversary of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," the unofficial anthem of baseball, which is typically sung by the audience during the seventh-inning stretch. Includes the lyrics as written by Jack Norworth in 1908. From MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20071113&content_id=2299367&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp Topics: Baseball, Music Last updated Mar 24, 2008 "Tinker to Evers to Chance!"
Small presentation about "Chicago Cubs infielders Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance [who] formed the most memorable double-play combination in the history of baseball." Includes baseball card images for all three, and a short poem about the three baseball players ("Baseball's Sad Lexicon"), written in 1910 by a New York newspaper columnist. Portion of a larger exhibit from the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bb1.html Topics: Baseball Last updated Mar 15, 2006 50 Years of Dodger Baseball, 1958-2008
Details about the golden anniversary celebration in 2008 of the move of the Dodgers baseball team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Features history of the team's move and other articles, trivia, event listings, video clips, opportunities for fan participation, and other material related to the celebration. From the official Major League Baseball website for the Los Angeles Dodgers. http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/50th/index.jsp Topics: Baseball Last updated Jan 2, 2008 All-Star Game
Official site of the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game, which is played in early July with teams composed of players from American League and National League teams. Features a list of games back to 1933 with scores and rosters, and news, photos, and more detailed information for recent games. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/ Topics: Baseball Last updated Jul 18, 2007 Babe Ruth League
A youth baseball and softball organization that has grown "from its first 10-team league in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, to its present combined size of over 886,500 players on some 45,200 teams in more than 7,315 leagues." The site provides information about the divisions and the Babe Ruth League World Series, a list of Major League Baseball players who played in the Babe Ruth League, news, and more. http://www.baberuthleague.org Topics: Baseball, Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 12, 2004 Ballbug
This blog, started in April 2006, "spotlights the most buzzed-about baseball news from thousands of web site. It auto-generates a summary page every 5 minutes, drawing on local news sites, national sports media, and baseball bloggers of various stripes" and provides links to the underlying material. Features links to Major League Baseball (MLB) and major newspaper stories. From bloggers who also have sites about politics and technology. http://www.ballbug.com Topics: Baseball Last updated Apr 6, 2006 Ballparks of Baseball: The Fields of Major League Baseball
This site offers information on past, current, and future Major League Baseball ballparks. Includes photos, seating charts, and a history of each park, as well as news stories, statistics, and fun facts. Searchable. http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ Topics: Baseball, Photograph Collections, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 8, 2004 Baseball America Online
This online presence of the print version, covers major league, minor league, college, and high school baseball, including draft and hot prospect information. Major league team pages provide analysis of farm system, minor league schedules, and links to newspapers covering the minor league team. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/ Topics: Baseball, Magazines, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 4, 2009 Baseball Salaries Database
This database "contains year-by-year listings of salaries for Major League Baseball players on opening day rosters, 1988 through the current season. The search options here allow you to see salaries for specific players, plus median and total salaries for each team." From data "compiled by USA TODAY sports reporters." http://content.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/ Topics: Baseball, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Sep 4, 2009 Baseball's Steroid Hearings
Collection of stories from National Public Radio (NPR) on the hearings by U.S. Congress in 2005 "about use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball. Current and past stars testify, including former home run king Mark McGwire. Lawmakers also hear from Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and from parents of children who died after using steroids." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4540278 Topics: Baseball, Drugs & Medications by Type, Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated May 1, 2006 Florida's Grapefruit League
Website for Major League Baseball (MLB) spring training in Florida, where 16 teams play in 15 locations throughout the state. Provides history, list of teams and locations, photos, schedules, attendance figures, a printable guide, and related material. From the Florida Sports Foundation. http://www.floridagrapefruitleague.com/ Topics: Baseball Last updated Mar 23, 2009 Jackie Robinson Day
Collection of biographical material and career highlights for Jackie Robinson, who was born January 31, 1919, and who "broke baseball's color barrier" when he was the first African American to play in major league baseball, with the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 15, 1947. Features a timeline, images, video clips from baseball games and interviews, and other material. Jackie Robinson Day is celebrated on April 15. From the official website for Major League Baseball (MLB). http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/jrd/ Topics: Baseball, Black Resources Last updated Jan 21, 2008 The Mitchell Report
"On March 30, 2006, baseball commissioner Bud Selig asked former Sen. George Mitchell to investigate steroid use in baseball. Now, [on December 13, 2007] the report is out." Includes full text of the over 400-page report, a list of Major League Baseball players discussed in the report, video clips, and related news and analysis. From ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3153509 Topics: Baseball, Drugs & Medications by Type, Sports Last updated Dec 14, 2007 The Official Site of Major League Baseball
Contains baseball facts, figures, forums, news, statistics, schedules, scoreboards, standings, and more. http://mlb.mlb.com/ Topics: Baseball, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Feb 1, 2007 The Official Site of the Oakland Athletics
The site of this Major League Baseball team from Oakland, California, contains a schedule of games, statistics, a player roster, team news, and more. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/ Topics: Baseball, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Feb 1, 2007 The Pete Rose Controversy
Explores the controversy surrounding the ban of baseball legend Pete Rose from major league baseball, and the debate about his possible reinstatement and election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Includes audio of interviews and historical moments from Rose's career, and realted links (including a letter from Jimmy Carter in favor of forgiving Rose). From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1265784 Topics: Baseball, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 17, 2009 Play Ball: Cactus League Experience
Companion to an exhibit about Major League Baseball (MLB) spring training in Arizona. Features a chronology back to 1909 when "the Chicago White Sox became the first Major League team to play in Arizona," and links to articles on topics such as spring training in Apache Junction, and a virtual tour of the exhibit. From the Mesa Historical Museum. http://www.playballexperience.com/ Topics: Baseball Last updated Mar 23, 2009 Retrosheet Official Webpage
Retrosheet is a project to computerize "play-by-play accounts of as many pre-1984 major league games as possible." The site includes detailed information dating from 1900, including game logs, event files, and box scores. Most of the files are in plain text format designed for use with a word processor or spreadsheet; many are compressed ("zipped"). http://www.retrosheet.org/ Topics: Baseball, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 22, 2002 Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939
A collection of 20 Official Indoor Baseball Guides and 15 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guides, which "featured editorials from baseball writers on the state of the game, statistics, photographs, and analysis of the previous season for all the Major League teams and for many of the so-called minor leagues across the nation." Searchable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/spalding/ Topics: Baseball, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 16, 2009 Spring Training: The Official Site of MLB's Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues
News, schedules, results, and other features about Major League Baseball's annual spring training in Arizona and Florida. Features photos, video and audio clips, and stories about players and teams. Archives go back to 2002 Spring Training. From the official site for Major League Baseball (MLB). http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/spring_training/ Topics: Baseball Last updated Feb 1, 2007 Steroid Crisis
News and analysis about the use of steroids by major-league baseball (MLB) players. Includes information about the MLB drug testing policy, the possible effect of steroid use on baseball records, a comparison of steroid use penalties for different sports, the 2005 Congressional hearings on steroid use in the MLB, and related topics. From MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7201504/ Topics: Baseball, Drugs & Medications by Type, Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated May 1, 2006 USA Today Baseball Weekly
Digital counterpart of the print version. It offers complete analyses, news, scores, statistics, schedules, rosters and information source for the week in Major and Minor League Baseball. Search the archive for past issues dating back to January 1997. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mlb.htm Topics: Baseball, Magazines, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Worldseries.com
This official site from Major League Baseball (MLB) celebrates the centennial of baseball's World Series with a collection of articles, statistics, team information, photos, coverage of the 2003 World Series, and other resources for fans. Navigation through the extensive material on this site may be difficult due to a cluttered, ad-heavy page design. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/ps/ Topics: Baseball, Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Feb 3, 2007 Yahoo!: Major League Baseball
News, scores and schedules, standings, statistics, and more. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb Topics: Baseball, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Feb 20, 2007 |
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