Baseball

Major League Baseball Official Site - Major League Baseball's official Web site includes a scoreboard on the homepage, plus standings, stats, schedules, team pages, player index and a kids' section. There's also audio, video, fantasy games, message boards and chat rooms.

MLB on ESPN.com - Find scores, stats, standings and tons of news. Team pages with news and rumors, message board and regularly scheduled chats add to the wealth. And don't forget all the analysis and expert opinions, highlighted by the incomparable Peter Gammons and featuring the sabermetric-informed Rob Neyer.

Inside Baseball from "USA Today" - "USA Today" newspaper offers this Inside Baseball section heavy on game stories, transactions and stats. If it's game coverage you want, this is a great place to get it.

Baseball on About.com - About.com Baseball Guide Michael Dowd offers and eclectic site with news and views, forums, stats and history. Where else can you get a list of baseball's most eligible bachelors, and also info on wives and girlfriends?

Baseball Newsstand - An exhaustive collection of links to meta-baseball sites, links to the news coverage sources for every team in the majors, links to national and regional baseball columnists and links to a whole lot more.

MinorLeagueBaseball.com - It's the official site of baseball's minor leagues and it's chock full of info. Daily reports, weekly roundups, insider info, team-by-team stats, league standings - plus info on jobs and umpiring. The best on the 'Net for minor league ball.

ProspectReport.com - If it's analysis of minor-league prospects you're looking for, look no further. ProspectReport.com offers a list of top prospects, organizational reports and major-league projections.

The Minors First - The "Around the Minors" section is a compilation of information, league-by-league, provided by on-site reporters. The Minors First also offers the radio broadcasts of the games of more than 100 minor-league teams. Transactions and top prospects reports fill out the site.

College Baseball from "Baseball America" - "Baseball America" is frequently called the best print source of college baseball info. Its Web site contains much of that content, but some of it password-protected. There is a lot of free content, however, including top prospects, top 25 polls, regional roundups and lots of features.

Little League Online - The official Web site of Little League Baseball's handiest features is a league finder - no matter where you are, you can find a league for your son or daughter. Lots of info on the Little League World Series, plus rules, history, summer camp listings and a store.

Baseball Almanac - If it happened in baseball, you'll find it here. Famous firsts, fabulous feats, old ballparks, quotations, baseball families, record books and on and on. A cornucopia of baseball delights.

Baseball History from the Baseball Hall of Fame - The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Web site offers a daily page updated with "this day in history," birthdays, Hall of Fame quote and artifacts from its collection, plus some great articles on baseball origin's and defining moments.

Baseball-Reference.com - What would you like to know - who led the AL in doubles in 1927? The NL in RBI in 1968? Would you like to compare the careers of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays? You can research just about anything on Baseball-Reference.com.

Negro League Baseball - NegroLeagueBaseball.com offers feature articles, player profiles, team profiles and merchandise (books, videos, etc.), keeping the glorious players of the Negro Leagues alive.

The Baseball Chronology - You want baseball history? Here it is, nearly day-by-day, going all the way back to 1845. This amazing compilation of information took the work of 50 researchers and first appeared in book form in 1991. The online version is great for browsing.

Baseball Card and Collectibles Auctions on eBay - From the "baseball" keyword page on eBay, you can navigate into trading card auctions, memorabilia auctions and autograph auctions.

Baseball Card and Collectibles Auctions on Yahoo - There aren't nearly as many auctions listed as on eBay, but you can still find some great items on Yahoo, from cards to autographs to other collectibles.

The Baseball Collecting Index on About.com - About.com Collectibles Guide Barbara Crews' page on baseball collectibles includes an introduction to sports card collecting and top picks in baseball memorabilia.

T206 Museum - T206s are baseball cards that came in tobacco packs in the early 20th Century. The T206 Museum has just about everything you could possibly want to know about this exceedingly popular - but expensive - collectible. Great checklists, articles, galleries and message boards.

Fantasy Baseball on ESPN.com - ESPN.com's fantasy baseball section contains frequent player updates, advice and message boards. Also a handful of fantasy games to play, most of them costing a small fee.

Fantasy Baseball Central - Warning: You must be able to put up with garish site design and tons of banner ads throughout the page. If you can, you'll find a wealth of information for every kind of fantasy and rotisserie manager, plus tons of links.

Fantasy and Roto News from Fanball.com - The free section of Fanball.com provides plenty of player updates, who's hot/who's not, start 'em and bench'em news for the fantasy and rotisserie fanatics out there.

Video Game Cheats, Hints and FAQs from About.com - You'll have to do a little digging to get from this page to the baseball title you're interest in. The index page lists lots of gaming systems; choose the game system, then search alphabetically by title to find cheat codes and hints for the game you're playing.

Free Online Baseball Games from Candystand.com - The Candystand.com Sports index showcases three free online baseball games: Bullpen Blast (you're the pitcher), Home Run Rally (you're the hitter) and Wiffle Baseball. You need Shockwave to play. Warning: They're addictive.

Tickets on Ticketmaster.com - Ticketmaster's index page for baseball lists tickets for major league games, minor league games and college games. Browse the results, or search by team, location or date.

Baseball Express - Every imaginable type of baseball equipment or accessory is offered at Baseball Express, including training aids and video, books and software. Or request a catalog to shop offline.

Baseball Warehouse - Nothing fancy, just a ton of baseball equipment for sale. Bats, balls, gloves, training aids, bags, apparel. And an outlet section for discounted items.

Baseball Books on Amazon.com - Browse thousands of titles, search for a specific title or author, or list by bestsellers, price range or customer review.

"The Sporting News" Bookstore - SportingNews.com's bookstore offers only a handful of baseball titles, but they come with the TSN imprimatur - a good bet for a good book. You can also purchase the popular "Sporting News" guidebooks.