Hey Brian or other Moderators-

[brewerjamie15]

I've often wished that on BF.Net we had a list of links to newspapers from other baseball cities so we could follow what teams are saying about us or themselves.

I have a small site of my own (mostly for family pics) and on it I've created such a list in hopes of being able to have the links posted here.

Perhaps this could be a refrence item we could have posted, stickied, and locked down or put into another area so it could be accessed year round (off season moves)

 

Lemmie know what you guys think.

 

List of Papers

[dadofandrew]

Jamie, it seems to be password protected.

[brewerjamie15]

New Link

 

Sorry about that, it was in an administration area that I have protected so only I can see it. I forgot about that. Moved the link.

[brewerjamie15]

Ok, looks like that idea went absolutely nowhere.

[dadofandrew]

It's a nice page, Jamie. I really don't have the power to do much with it. I'm sure Brian will let you know, he's a busy fella of late.

[brewerjamie15]

Guess that sounded childish and like a tempertantrum. I didn't mean for that to be the case. My bad.

[colbyjack]

Jamie, Brian is mighty busy these day, so while such a page is a good idea, it probably isn't going to happen.

 

Why not take this project on yourself, and create a thread similar to the MLB fan-site one, or other threads that are used as valuable resources to all posters? Taking a quick look at your page, I can guarantee you that there is more than one newspaper in most to all Major-League cities.

 

If you create such a thread and it's pin-worthy, I'll gladly reward your hard work by pinning it to the top of this thread.

[brewerjamie15]

Here's a handy list of links for newspapers in baseball cities. I've tried to keep all sites off the list that require registration. Hopefully, this will give you the opportunity to see what other teams are saying about us, or themselves.

 

NL Central

 

Astros

Brewers

Cardinals

Cubs

Pirates

Reds

 

NL East

 

Braves

Marlins

Metropolitans

Nationals

Phillies

 

NL West

 

Diamondbacks

Dodgers

Giants

Padres

Rockies

 

AL East

 

Bluejays

Devil Rays

Orioles

Red Sox

Yankees

 

AL Central

 

Indians

Royals

Tigers

Twins

White Sox

 

AL West

 

Angles

Athletics

Mariners

Rangers

 

The following sites are also valuable resources:

prosportsdaily.com

Baseball almanac

Baseball Reference

Retrosheet

Rotoworld

Baseball America

Mlb4U

Baseball Prospectus

Ticker Tech

Baseball Page

[brewerjamie15]

Actually, I'm not too convinced that we'd need links to more than one newspaper for each team, they will all say the same thing generally. Perhaps in effort to save space on topics that are pinned or stickied to the top of the forum, we could just add these media links to the MLB Fan Sites that JoeH33 created (if he's cool with that). This would be a very valuable resource area for all of us. Perhaps we could even add a few more links to other sites such as Retrosheet, baseball almanac, etc. I'd have to say it seems like a good idea.

If someone wants other sites on the page, lemmie know via inbox.

Colbyjack- I'm sorry, but I forgot the link for whom you are working.

[Brian the Automator]

I always hesitate to put reference data on the site until I have a chance to take the time to make it database-driven. Otherwise, it becomes a game of email tag to update things.

 

With the case of the newspapers, however, once we're comfortable that the list is final, I can put it up on the site, as newspapers probably won't change all that much.

[colbyjack]

Actually, I'm not too convinced that we'd need links to more than one newspaper for each team, they will all say the same thing generally.

 

I disagree. Since we typically try to push everything we do here, I would much rather have a list be as complete as possible. Don't try to tell someone which paper they should view, let the viewer decide. The list should be as thorough as possible. If they require registration you could designate it with a star or something, but leave it up to the viewer if they want to take the time to fill out the necessary form.

 

This way I would recommend listing the team first, then have the names of the names of the local papers listed underneath. If we here at Brewerfan.net handled such a project, I would imagine that is how it would be presented.

 

Not trying to cut down your work Jamie, just trying to offer some helpful suggestions.

 

And I work for Perfect Game:

 

www.perfectgameusa.com

www.perfectgame.org

[pogokat]

i use the baseball cube a lot:

www.sports-wired.com

[molitor fan]

The Chicago Tribune would be a better match for the Cubs, as it is much more Cubs oriented than Sox oriented. The Daily Herald also has a lot of Cubs info, while the Daily Southtown has a ton of White Sox stuff.

[brewerjamie15]

Fair enough. I'll add more newspaper links but it'll take a day or two; I'll be busy for a bit.

[JoeH33]

Quote:

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we could just add these media links to the MLB Fan Sites that JoeH33 created (if he's cool with that).

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Yeah thats fine with me if you want to do that. If you do go ahead and put these newspaper links there, however, a mod might want to delete the few extra posts in that thread so that all of the info is at the top of the thread and in turn is easier to find.