* Games -- Baseball   Sites and pages specific to tabletop baseball  

   Baseball Games 
    Our short list of barely 1,000 game titles -- just a brief sample of what we cover here. 
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbTitles.htm

   Baseball Games Forum  Our own engaging discussion group -- news, comments, questions, answers -- 
    just sign-in for free!  Message archives, photo galleries, interviews with designers/inventors of tabletop baseball, 
    tips on game repair, and plenty more!  
     Forum Policy:  https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/Forumpolicy.htm 
     Forum: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/baseballgames/ 

   A Brief History of Tabletop Baseball 
    Our quick overview of 150 years of genius, inanity, artistry, and fun.  
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbHistory.htm

   Basebalderdash 
    Our investigation into reprints, reproductions, fakes, frauds, and fantasy pieces in the vintage tabletop baseball 
     hobby.  Don't be a sucker -- know how to tell the real thing from knock-offs and deceptive fabrications!  
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbGameFakes.htm

   Baseball Games Advertisements 
    Not our classifieds section -- our gallery of print advertising for tabletop baseball games 
     and related items, featuring ads for things from every decade since the 1880s.  
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbAdverts.htm

   Cadaco All-Star Baseball 
    Our own little primer on the evolution and varieties of the classic spinner game, 
     featuring a brief bio of Ethan Allen, a short history of Cadaco-Ellis, and lots of box lids.  
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/CadacoASB.htm

   Dice Baseball 
    The traditional homemade game -- where it came from, and the many different versions that have been and 
     still are played.  Learn it... teach it... play it!  Plus, a bonus incoherent rant about the loss of family tradition! 
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbDiceHome.htm

   Electronic Baseball 
    An annotated pictorial survey of handheld electronic baseball games -- one of four baseball blogs 
     with delighfully snarky commentary from "just another elated World Champion Chicago Cubs fan."  
     http://electronicbaseball.blogspot.com/

   Ethan Allen's All-Star Baseball -- Cadaco All-Star Baseball discussion group  
    Discussion group for fans and collectors of Ethan Allen's All-Star Baseball by Cadaco. 
    Busy, friendly, informative. Several versions of discmakers are available for free download! 
    (Please ask the creators of the discmaker programs for permission if you intend to use them 
     to produce discs for sale.) 
      homepage:  https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/CadacoASB.htm  
      forum:  https://groups.io/g/CadacoAllStarBaseball  

   Jim Prentice Electric Baseball 
    Our illustrated history of the confounding variety of baseball games made by The Electric Game Company, 
    with a little background on Mr Prentice himself.  
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbJimPrentice.htm 

   Manage Your Own Team  
    Our annotated pictorial history of the tabletop baseball games made by Warren Paper Products.  
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbWarren.htm  

   The Mystery of Billy Owen 
    Chronicling our search for the true identity of the "fictitious" player in the 1906 Fan Craze set.  
     https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BillyOwen.htm  

   The Parlor Base Ball Games of McLoughlin Brothers  
    Our "master's thesis" detailing the baffling variety of baseball-related games and ephemera 
     turned out by the 19th-century game and toy giants.  
      https://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbMcLoughlin.htm 

   Sherco Baseball 
    Home to fifty years of Sherco Baseball history -- and brand-new editions of the game, 
     redeveloped by Sherco creator Steve LeShay and baseball boardgame mastermind Brien Martin.   
     https://sites.google.com/site/shercobaseball/home 

   StatisPro Baseball 
    Rick Queary's excellent site/blog on everything and anything in the world of SP. 
     https://statisprobaseball.wordpress.com/ 

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  * Games -- Research / History    Sites focussed on the study of games in general  
 
   AGPI Home Page  Association for Games & Puzzles International website 
    (formerly American Game Collectors Association).  Deep with essays, info, and advice on all sorts of games. 
     http://www.gamesandpuzzles.org/index.php 
     Also:  The International Games Database  
     http://www.gamecatalog.org  

   The Big Game Hunter  Bruce Whitehill's humungous site, 
    covering every aspect of board games and game collecting. 
     http://www.thebiggamehunter.com/   

   The Game Makers  
    "The Story of Parker Brothers from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit," by former Parkers R&D exec Phil Orbanes. 
     https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8854542M/The_Game_Makers 

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  * Games -- Dealers    Vendors specializing in vintage games 

   Game Oracle  
    eBay store -- certified a Nice Guy by the Baseballgames office. 
     https://www.ebay.com/usr/gameoracle3nq2  

   Jeff Lowe's extravaGAMEza  
    Now eBay only -- still endorsed by Baseballgames with our highest Nice Guy certification. 
     http://stores.ebay.com/extravaGAMEza  

   Oldtime Games  New handmade replicas of Munro's 1940s National 9-Man Baseball 
    and other classic big wooden action sports games. 
     http://www.peterreynolds.ca/games/baseballx.html 

   Raggames  
    eBay store -- Nice Guys, as certified by the Baseballgames front office. 
     https://www.ebay.com/usr/raggames  

   The Sporting Addiction / battsandmitts
    eBay store / vendor gets the Baseballgames Stamp of Approval as official Nice Guy.  
     The-Sporting-Addiction / battsandmitts

   Winning Moves Games  
    "Classic, retro, cool & fun" -- new editions of classic board games and more. 
     https://www.winning-moves.com/  

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  * Games -- Multi-purpose sites    Sites with a wide range of game-related features  

   Gamers Alliance   "The international gaming network of game players and professionals.  Our interests  
    span all varieties of play and, since 1986, we have been alerting our worldwide membership to the newest  
    and best games on the market today through our quarterly publication: Gamers Alliance Report! 
    And there's more - including the largest selection of out-of-print games in the world!"  Also features 
    Steve Kurzban's contoversial five-part series "Baseball On the Table-Top." 
     https://www.gamersalliance.com/
     https://gamersalliance.com/must-see-resources/

   One for Five 
    Paul Dylan's excellent blog on all tabletop sports, with special attention to new and current replay sims.  
     http://www.oneforfive.com/  

   Tabletop-Sports  
    Jeff Downey's gigundous site for sports sims of all kinds -- forums, fotos, articles, and more. 
     https://www.tabletop-sports.com/forum/index.php  

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  * Baseball / Games -- Multi-purpose sites    Sites covering both "real" and tabletop baseball  

    [ No sites currently available ]

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  * Baseball -- Research / History    Facts, stats, and analysis on real baseball 

   Baseball Reference  
    Complete stats 1871-present for all major league players, teams, and leagues. 
     https://www.baseball-reference.com/  

   Baseball Researcher  
    Hall of Fame Curator Tom Shieber's magnificent baseball-photo-research blog.  
     http://baseballresearcher.blogspot.com/ 

   Buffalo Bisons History 
    From the legendary Joe Overfield's The 100 Seasons of Buffalo Baseball -- the excerpts are choppy, but  
    there's enough here (plus 23 years' worth of sequels) to recap the whole story of the Diamond Herd since  
    1884, featuring the original major league Bisons as well as the Pan-Ams, Buf-Feds, Blues, and Hibernians,  
    from Olympic Park to Offermann Stadium to the Rockpile to Pilot Field / Coca-Cola Field, with a line-up of  
    memorable Queen City players and executives including Dan Brouthers, Pud Galvin, Hoss Radbourn, 
    Orator Jim O'Rourke, Hugh Daily, Will and Deacon White, Hardy Richardson, Frank Grant, Connie Mack,  
    Jimmy Collins, Dummy Hoy, Billy Bottenus, Chick Stahl, Chummy Gray, "the Redheaded Outfield," 
    Marse Joe McCarthy, George Stallings, Rube Kisinger, Billy Milligan, Jimmy Murray, Wally Schang, 
    Herb Pennock, Hooks Wiltse, Hal Chase, Benny Bengough, Flash Gilhooley, Fred Beebe, Billy Clymer, 
    Jimmy Walsh, Billy Kelly, Del Bissonette, Greg Mulleavy, Ollie Carnegie, Ray Schalk, Len Koenecke,  
    Beauty McGowan, Lou Boudreau, Rip Sewell, Fred Hutchinson, Virgil Trucks, Shovels Kobesky, 
    Coaker Triplett, Chet Laabs, Billy Pierce, Frank Carswell, Luke Easter, Don Labbruzzo, Mike Baxes, 
    Pancho Herrera, Bill Mazer, Kerby Farrell, Babe Birrer, Pumpsie Green, Phil Soisson, Johnny Bench, 
    Lee May, Hal McRae, Brant Alyea, Jimmy Griffin, Rick Lancelotti, Bob Rich jr, The Natural, Joe DeSa, 
    Tom Prince, Pete Weber, Dorn Taylor, Rick Reed, Brian Giles, Jeff Manto, Jhonny Peralta, Coco Crisp, 
    and many more.  
    Dangit, these scintillating pages have recently been removed from the Bison website -- but hang tight, 
    we've saved all the content, and will be reposting all of it on our own server soon...      

   Dodgers Blue Heaven 
    An incredibly prolific blog concerning all things Dodgers, plus baseball cards, links, and more.  
     http://www.dodgersblueheaven.com/ 

   National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
    "Preserving history, honoring excellence, connecting generations" 
     -- the National Pastime's shrine in Cooperstown 
     http://baseballhall.org/
     play 19th-century games from the Hall's collection here:  http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/games/ 

   Negro Leagues in Buffalo   Our own page, cribbed from the local rag, on Buffalo's Negro League 
    history -- Jimmy Wilkes, Henry Aaron, the Indianapolis Clowns, Offermann Stadium, Cy Williams...  
    plus a scrapbook of 1950s clippings from the Buffalo Criterion.  
     http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/NegroLeaguesBuffalo.htm  

   Offermann Stadium in Buffalo - "Hitters Welcome, Pitchers Beware" 
    Joe Overfield's SABR essay on the most astounding offensive feats achieved in the fine old park.  
     http://research.sabr.org/journals/offerman-stadium

   Retrosheet  
    Pitch-by-pitch, play-by-play, game-by-game -- plus their own RetroList forum and The Strange and Unusual. 
     https://www.retrosheet.org/  
     RetroList:  https://groups.io/g/RetroList  

   Uni Watch  -- "The Obsessive Study of Athletics Aesthetics" 
      Paul Lukas' exhaustive and endlessly entertaining examination of uniform design, both current and vintage, 
      in baseball and every other sport under the sun.  
      https://uni-watch.com/  


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  * Baseball -- Links 
   
    [ No sites currently available ]  

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  * Antiques & Collectibles   Everything else old and cool that's not actually a tabletop baseball game 

   Antiquers   Busy, friendly forum for questions, answers, and convivial banter on every sort of antique.  
     https://www.antiquers.com/ 

   Old Cardboard   "Your Information Resource for Vintage Baseball Cards" -- cataloguing and picturing 
    every popular and obscure set from the 1880s to the 1960s, with price guide, links, and more.  
     http://www.oldcardboard.com/ 

   Pre-War Cards  
    Terrific resource featuring strongly researched, well-written articles on pre-1940 cards, baseball and otherwise.  
     https://prewarcards.com/ 

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  * Dealers & Vendors -- Antiques, Toys, & Memorabilia   

   Gasoline Alley Antiques 
    Thousands of vintage and collectible toys and sports memorabilia items -- updated daily!  
     homepage:  http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/ 
      links:  http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/links.htm 

   River Street Antiques  eBay store -- full range of antiques and collectibles, 
    heavy on ephemera and outstanding personalized service -- certified here as Nice Guys.   
     https://www.ebay.com/str/riverstreetantiques  

   Sports Memorabilia Database  
    New, vast, growing, searchable database of all manner of MLB-certified memorabilia.   
     links:  http://www.sportsmemorabiliadb.com/memorabilia  

   ToyTent 
    Antique and collectible toys, games, robots, poster art, and cool sci-fi stuff. 
     https://www.toytent.com/index.html 

   Toyz etc   "All the stuff your mom threw away" 
     -- vintage toys, toy company histories, sci-fi stuff, eBay auctions, and links.  
      http://www.toyzetc.com/index.htm 

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  * Search / Directories    Free directories large and small, some (#) requiring they first get a link here.  

   Arts on the Web: Antique Toys
    Among a vast directory of sites, a page of links to antique games and toys, collectibles, vendors, and museums.  
     https://zeroland.co.nz/visual-arts/applied-arts/toys/ 

   Link Referral    Link-exchange clearinghouse with site analytics and visitor reviews 
     http://www.linkreferral.com/adwel.pl
     http://www.linkreferral.com/dirlist.pl?keyphrase=Baseball+Games 

   Small business web directory by category and pages 
    Get listed under antique games category.
     http://www.onlinebizdirectory.com/games/antique_games.html 

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  * Other Stuff We Like    Not games, not baseball, just worthy stuff we like and recommend.  

   ASPCA   Join the fight against cruelty to animals.  Every donation helps.  And take one home.  
    Look into those eyes.  It's said that you can't buy friendship, but we bought our best friends there.  
     https://www.aspca.org/

   Daily KOS   
    Smart articles and opinions on the handbasket the world's riding in.  Sign in and join the conversation.  
     https://www.dailykos.com/

   The Humane Society of the United States   The nation’s largest and most effective 
    animal protection and advocacy organization, providing hands-on care and services to more than 
    100,000 animals each year, and seeking a humane world for people and animals alike.  
     HSUS:  https://www.humanesociety.org/
     Humane Society International:  https://www.hsi.org/  

   Internet Archive Wayback Machine   Monumental, invaluable, indispensible repository of digital data. 
     https://archive.org/web/web.php
     Baseball Games, August 2009      Baseball Games Forum, October 2015

   MSNBC   
    Get real.  Maddow, Melber, O'Donnell, and more with the fact-based antidote to faux news liars and nut-jobs.  
     http://www.msnbc.com/

   Niagara Frontier Heritage Project   Headquarters for a marvellous multi-media look at the people and       
    events that shaped, and define, the character and conciousness of our fascinating little corner of the world:  
    Buffalo, Western New York, and Southern Ontario.  Tales of heroism and heartbreak, disaster and resilience, 
    including the War of 1812, the Erie Canal, Love Canal, the Underground Railroad, the Pan-American Exposition, 
    the Blizzard of '77, Father Hennepin, Mary Jemison, Joseph Dart, Charles Burchfield, Joyce Carol Oates, Nicola 
    Tesla, Wilson Greatbatch, Lucille Ball, Cookie Gilchrist, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harold Arlen, Rick James, and 
    many more to come in this new series presented on our local NPR station and their website.  
      Niagara Frontier Heritage Project here: https://www.facebook.com/niagarafrontierheritage/ 
      Audio vignettes and the rest of the story (click on headlines or photos for full articles) here: 
        https://news.wbfo.org/term/heritage-moments#stream/0 

   The Onion   
    "America's Leading News Source."  Well, no -- no, it isn't.  But it probably should be.  Laugh through the agony. 
     https://www.theonion.com/

   Secret Fun Spot   
    A virtual funhouse of weird and cheezy baby-boomer nostalgia compiled by author Kirk Demarais.   
    Flash animation may be too primitive for some browsers.  So try another.  Well worth the visit.  
     http://www.secretfunspot.com/

   Shorpy   Vintage photo blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to the 1950s.  
    "Always something interesting" indeed -- you could get lost in there.  You could, but it's fully searchable.  
    Or just wander around at random.  Images of the grandiose, the mundane, the bizarre, the no-longer-there.  
     https://www.shorpy.com/

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  * Probationary Links    Sites promising a link or listing in exchange for a link here.  Yeah, we'll just see...  
    If they deliver soon, we'll move their link to the appropriate category above.  Four-flushers will be publicly flogged 
    in our Links Hall of Shame.  We know not everyone provides a 24-hour turnaround like we do, but if somebody 
    demands a pre-link, a month is way more than enough time to reciprocate.  Tick, tock, tick, tock...  

    March 2020:  No one's currently in the queue.  Heads on pikes are displayed below.  

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  * Links Hall of Shame    Sites that demand a link before they'll reciprocate with a link or listing -- and 
    then refuse to deliver on their promise.  If they can't even manage a simple links exchange with a bare minimum    
    of honesty, courtesy, and efficiency, what can you trust them to do well?  Every one of the sites listed below 
    ripped us off for at least two months of free advertising here without ever reciprocating.  Shun the following:  

    Add Your URL Directory [ www.addyoururl.org ] -- inducted 14 January 2009 
    Antique Collectibles Directory [ www.antiquecollectiblestore.com ] -- inducted 9 February 2009 
    Arakne-Links Directory [ www.arakne-links.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    BaseballGuru [ baseballguru.com/ ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Cliky Directory [ www.cliky.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    The Collecting Network [ www.collectingnetwork.com/ ] -- inducted 23 February 2010 
    Deep Link Directory [ www.addurllisting.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Directory Bin [ www.directorybin.com/Collectibles/ ] -- inducted 10 December 2008 
    Directory of Links [ www.directory-of-links.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009  
    Directory of Websites [ www.directoryws.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Directory Vault  [ www.directoryvault.com/Collectibles/ ] -- inducted 10 December 2008 
    Directory Y [ www.directoryy.com/ ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    DirectSwift [ www.directswift.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Epic Directory [ www.epicdirectory.com/ ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    1st-in-games.com [ www.1st-in-games.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    The Games and Toys Directory [ www.gamesandtoys.biz ] -- inducted March 2020 
    InfoListings Directory [ www.info-listings.com/ ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Interectory - The Internet Directory [ www.interectory.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    The Games Hub [ www.the-games-hub.com/resources/ ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Live Link Directory  [ www.livelinkdirectory.com/Recreation/Collecting/ ] -- inducted 10 December 2008 
    Speedy Directory [ www.speedydirectory.com ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Tranix.Net [ www.tranix.net/ ] -- inducted 9 February 2009 
    Transworld Games [ www.transworldgames.com/ ] -- inducted 23 February 2010  
    Time Machine Toys & Collectibles [ www.timemachinetoys.com/ ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    Who Wants Links [ www.whowantslinks.com/ ] -- inducted 6 January 2009 
    WorldIndexSite [ www.worldindexsite.com ] -- inducted 16 February 2009 

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