Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Resource library

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Web source review

This section is for the evaluation of newspapers, blogs, and other websites by team.

Arizona Diamondbacks

Newspapers

• The Arizona Republic

Atlanta Braves

Newspapers

• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Baltimore Orioles

Newspapers

• The Baltimore Sun

Boston Red Sox

Newspapers

• The Boston Globe

Chicago White Sox

Newspapers

• Chicago Sun-Times
• Chicago Tribune

Chicago Cubs

Newspapers

• Chicago Sun-Times
• Chicago Tribune

Cincinnati Reds

Newspapers

• Cincinnati Enquirer

Cleveland Indians

Newspapers

• The Plain Dealer

Colorado Rockies

Newspapers

• The Denver Post

Detroit Tigers

Newspapers

• Detroit Free Press

Houston Astros

Newspapers

• Houston Chronicle - only major Houston paper
• The Houston Post shut down in 1995; archives not available anywhere online
• Houston Press is a middle-market paper with sparse sports coverage

Blogs

• Tag's Lines - Brian McTaggart, Astros MLB.com beat writer
• Alyson's Footnotes - Alyson Footer, MLB.com national correspondent, covered the Astros before that

Kansas City Royals

Newspapers

The Kansas City Star

Los Angeles Dodgers

Newspapers

• Los Angeles Daily News
• Los Angeles Times
• Orange County Register

Blogs

• Dodgers Digest - Solid writing from professional writers, often with sabermetric analysis
• Inside the Dodgers - Official team blog
• True Blue LA- Dodgers chapter of SBNation.com, Eric Stephen does a terrific job of chronicling the team

Other

• Dodgers.com MLB.com Dodgers site, Ken Gurnick is the primary beat writer

Milwaukee Brewers

Newspapers

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Minnesota Twins

Newspapers

• Star Tribune

Oakland Athletics

Newspapers

• San Francisco Chronicle
• San Jose Mercury News

Philadelphia Phillies

Newspapers

• The Philadelphia Inquirer (philly.com)
• The Philadelphia Daily News (philly.com)
• The Morning Call (Allentown) (mcall.com)
• Delaware County Daily Times (delcotimes.com)
• The Star Ledger (nj.com)
• Each of the above publishes distinct daily recaps, and has reporters who maintain blogs with additional coverage)

Blogs

• Phillies Nation ([1]) - solid blog with editorial control; a definite reliable source
• The Good Phight ([2]) - Phillies "chapter" of SBNation.com; have to be a little careful, but usually OK
• The Zo Zone ([3]) - personal blog of Todd Zolecki, MLB.com Phillies beat writer
• PhilsBaseball.com ([4]) - personal blog of a Phillies Phan, not a reliable source by definition, but I have never found anything wrong ... he compiles and archives statistics at certain points of the season, which proves useful

Other

• Phillies.com - MLB.com Phillies site - Todd Zolecki is great; Erik Bacharach and Austin Laymance also contribute to the Phillies' coverage there

Pittsburgh Pirates

Newspapers

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Site
• Pittsburgh Press - Google News

San Diego Padres

Newspapers

• U-T San Diego (utsandiego.com)

San Francisco Giants

Newspapers

• San Francisco Chronicle
• San Jose Mercury News

Tampa Bay Rays

Newspapers

• Tampa Bay Times

Texas Rangers

Newspapers

• Dallas Morning News
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Washington Nationals

Newspapers

• The Washington Post

Source library

These are sources, often off-line, to which editors in WP:BASEBALL have access and are willing to share for article development.

Baseball History Through The Years

• Editors of West Side Publishing. Armchair Reader: Grand Slam Baseball – "The Lore & Legends of America's Game". (ISBN 1412715628) – a summation of seemingly random anecdotes throughout baseball history (e.g., "Fanning the Flames" – Sometimes players and fans cross the line that separates participants from spectators—and end up with ugly results. ... the book then goes on to describe ≈10 times throughout baseball history when fans have caused a ruckus at MLB games) --Go Phightins!
• Nemec, David (ed). The Baseball Chronicle: Year-By-Year History of Major League Baseball. (ISBN 1412710758) – a 600+ page chronicle of the history of baseball in America and abroad --Go Phightins!
• Nemec, David and Flatow, Scott. Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts (2006 edition). (ISBN 0345511727) --Go Phightins!
• Baseball. (ISBN 0751363952) – a brief amalgamation of history of "the sport that defined America" ... from Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Book Series -- Go Phightins!

Media Guides

• 1984 U.S. Olympic Baseball team - [5]
• 2014 Umpires [6]

Boston Red Sox

• 2014 - available online here

Houston Astros

• 2014 -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Philadelphia Phillies

• 2013 --Go Phightins!
• 2014 --Go Phightins!

Latin American baseball

• Hernandez, Lou (2013). Memories of Winter Ball: Interviews with Players in the Latin American Winter Leagues of the 1950s (ISBN 9780786471416) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Old Time Baseball

• Nemec, David. The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball (2nd ed.) (ISBN 0817314997) -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Simon, Tom (ed.) Deadball Stars of the National League (ISBN 1574888609) -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Statistics

• Palmer, Pete (ed). Who's Who in Baseball. (ISBN 0910692335 (2013 edition)) – an annual publication that includes career statistics (minor and major leagues), small photos, height, weight, birthplace, awards (Cy Young and MVP), and transaction history (including disabled list stints) for every player who played in the MLB in the preceding season of publication; I have editions from 2005–2014 – it is an invaluable baseball resource --Go Phightins!

Team-specific

Houston Astros

• The National Pastime: Baseball in the Space Age, Houston Since 1961, SABR, 2014 -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Houston Baseball: The Early Years, 1861-1961 - discusses Houston baseball before the Colt .45s/Astros -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Making Airwaves: 60 Years at Milo's Microphone - Milo Hamilton's broadcast career, largely with Houston -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Los Angeles Dodgers

• Suchon, Josh. Miracle Men: Hershiser, Gibson, and the Improbable 1988 Dodgers (ISBN 9781600788062) - very detailed look at the 1988 season. -- Spanneraol

New York Yankees

• Appel, Marty. Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before The Babe to After The Boss (ISBN 9781608194926) -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Torre, Joe and Verducci, Tom. The Yankee Years (ISBN 9780385527408) -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Philadelphia Phillies

• Stark, Jayson. Worth the Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies. Chicago: Triumph Books. (ISBN 978-1-60078-273-2) - details on the Phillies' 2008 season, in which they won the World Series

Player-specific

Jim Abbott

• Abbott, Jim and Brown, Tim (2012). Imperfect: An Improbable Life. (ISBN 9780345523266) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Ernie Banks

• Banks, Ernie and Enright, Jim (1971). Mr. Cub. (ISBN 0695802259) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Rogers, Phil (2011). Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub and the Summer of '69. (ISBN 1600785190) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Cool Papa Bell

• McCormack, Shawn (2002). Cool Papa Bell. (ISBN 9780823934744) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Hank Greenberg

• Rosengren, John (2013). Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes. (ISBN 9780451235763) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Al Kaline

• Hawkins, Jim (2010). Al Kaline: The Biography of a Tigers Icon. (ISBN 9781600788239) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Tony La Russa

• La Russa, Tony and Hummel, Rick (2012). One Last Strike. (ISBN 9780062207548) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Jim O'Rourke

• Roer, Mike (2005). Orator O'Rourke: The Life of a Baseball Radical. (ISBN 9780786423552) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Mariano Rivera

• Rivera, Mariano and Coffey, Wayne (2014). The Closer: My Story. (ISBN 9780316400732) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Brooks Robinson

• Wilson, Doug (2014). Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson. (ISBN 1250033047) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Jackie Robinson

• Tygiel, Jules (1997). Baseball's Great Experiment: Expanded Edition. (ISBN 9780195106206) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

George Sisler

• Huhn, Rick (2004). The Sizzler: George Sisler, Baseball's Forgotten Great. (ISBN 0826215556) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Billy Southworth

• Skipper, John C. (2013) Billy Southworth: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Manager and Ballplayer. (ISBN 9780786468478) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Willie Stargell

• Garland, Frank (2013). Willie Stargell: A Life in Baseball. (ISBN 0786465344) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Peterson, Richard (2013). Pops: The Willie Stargell Story. (ISBN 9781600788000) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Rube Waddell

• Levy, Alan H. (2000). Rube Waddell: The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist. (ISBN 9780786407866) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Ted Williams

• Bradlee, Ben (2013). The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams. (ISBN 0316614351) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Williams, Claudia (2014). Ted Williams, My Father. (ISBN 9780062259561) EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!

Umpires

• Harvey, Doug and Golenbock, Peter. They Called Me God. (ISBN 9781476758788) -- EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Shannon, Mike. Everything Happens in Chillicothe. (ISBN 0786416947) - one-eyed Frontier Lg umpire Max McLeary --EricEnfermero ^HOWDY!
• Weber, Bruce. As They See 'Em. (ISBN 0743294130) – chronicles Weber's time as an umpire in Spring Training – some good stuff --Go Phightins!

Other

• Various baseball season preview magazines from 2006 – 2013, mostly from Lindy's Sports, but a few other random ones – offer season predictions, scouting reports, and analysis --Go Phightins!
• I have The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, which is pretty much anything one could need. Wizardman 21:57, 18 August 2014 (UTC)