An Expanded Shout Out

I have a cat; actually a couple. They have a lot in common with me, primarily a complete lack of technological expertise. If you look at the blogroll to the right of this blog you’ll see it’s very short. Well, I’ve tried to add a lot of other blogs to it and either come up with links that go no where or, more frequently, go to places that I have no idea what it is I’m looking at when it gets there. But there are some good baseball blogs out there and I’d like to share them with you. So I’m adopting this method. I’m going to give you the name of blogs I read regularly then tell you to go to google, type in the blog title and if you like it, bookmark it for your own pleasure. Sorry to do it this way, but I’m getting tired of trying to do it on blogroll and making a fool of myself (something I do with great ease).

Kevin’s “Baseball Revisited” and Bill’s “On Deck Circle” are both listed and both still well worth a look. Kevin is currently doing a simulation of the World Series (he’s in 1909 now) and these are absolutely fascinating. Bill is a bit more eclectic and deals with both modern baseball and an occasional look into the distant past. “Sports PhD” appears to be moribund, but his stuff is so good I leave it up so you can take a look at it.

Non-blogroll blogs that I read listed in no particular order:

1. “The Baseball Attic” looks at bygone days and throws in an occasional quote or short view of this day in baseball.

2.”Broken Bats Baseball” is supposed to be a look at the Milwaukee Brewers current season, but the writer goes far beyond the last game to look at society, his own personal life, and how baseball affects us.

3. “Hall of Miller and Eric” creates a personal Hall of Fame for the two writers. Their hall is interesting in itself, but much more fascinating is their commentaries on how they view players, what kinds of criteria they wrestle with in making their choices. I hope that real Hall voters spend as much time thinking about who they put in as these two guys do. Fascinating.

4. “Coco Crisp’s Afro” is another blog that exists on two levels. One level simply looks at the Oakland Athletics. The other has depth of thought about former players and other seasons. Worthwhile for both.

5. “Mediocre Means better than Some” is Kortas’ world in poetry. Now I’ve never been much of a poet but this guy is pretty good and his baseball stuff (which is admittedly infrequent) is top-notch.

6. “Tall Tales and True Stories” isn’t about baseball, but is about Glen’s story telling ability, which is considerable. Occasionally there’s a baseball oriented story, but the non-baseball ones are also worth a look.

7. “Nineteenth Century Baseball, New Haven Style” follows the New Haven team in its professional year. If you’re interested in the topic it’s a fine read.

So take a look at each. Hopefully you’ll enjoy them enough to return.

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