* Games -- Baseball   Sites specific to tabletop baseball  

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

   Baseball Games Forum  Our Yahoo-hosted 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.  No arguing, no advertising.  Over 1,000 members!  
   Forum Policy:  http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/Forumpolicy.htm 
   Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baseballgames/ 

   Baseball Classics  
   Details, free sample downloads, and order info for Dean Patino's Baseball Classics game. 
   http://www.playbaseballclassics.com/  

   Baseball Games I Have Known and Loved  Dan Nichols' roll call of tabletop baseball -- 
   mainly modern games, some famous, many stunningly obscure -- with photos and links. 
   http://www.kypris.com/Baseball/bbGames.html  

   Baseballsims 
   Our friendly Forum's messy "back room" -- computer games, advertising, and arguments go here. 
   http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Baseballsims/ 

   A Brief History of Tabletop Baseball 
   Our quick overview of 140-some years of genius, inanity, artistry, and fun.  
   http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbHistory.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.  
   http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/CadacoASB.htm

   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:  http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/CadacoASB.htm  
   forum:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CadacoAllStarBaseballGame/  

   Ethan Allen's All-Star Baseball -- Unofficial Home Page of Cadaco's All-Star Baseball  
   Clearinghouse for information and news related to Cadaco's All-Star Baseball. 
   http://percontifamily.com/cadaco/  

   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.  
   http://baseballgames.dreamhosters.com/BbJimPrentice.htm 

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

   Sports Simulation Games Repository 
   Posts, tips, and facts about Diamond Mind Baseball, Second & Ten Football, and other sports sims.  
   http://sportssimsblog.com/ 

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

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  * Games -- Research / History    Sites focussed on the study of games in general  
 
   A Board Games Database  
   A public database of free information about over 3000 games. 
   http://www.aboardgamesdatabase.com/  

   AGPC Home Page  Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors website 
   (formerly American Game Collectors Association).  Deep with essays, info, and advice on all sorts of games. 
   http://www.agpc.org/ 
   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/  

   Board Games Wiki  Dan Dotson's rapidly growing clearinghouse of boardgame information. 
   http://www.boardgameswiki.com/  

   The Game Makers  
   "The Story of Parker Brothers from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit," by former Parkers R&D exec Phil Orbanes. 
   http://www.drtoy.com/book_shelf/game_makers_press_release.html 

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  * Games -- Dealers    Vendors specializing in vintage games 

   Game Oracle  
   eBay store -- certified a Nice Guy by the Baseballgames office. 
   http://myworld.ebay.com/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. 
   http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZraggames  

   Spooky's Hobby Shop 
   Expert selection of vintage and recent tabletop sports games of every description.   
   http://www.spookyshobbyshop.com/  

   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. 
   http://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!"  
   http://www.gamersalliance.com/  

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

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

   Baseball Goodies  Mark Miller's page of info and links for "real," tabletop, and computer baseball, 
   and lots of invaluable baseball and computer downloads. 
   http://ballstat.com/markmiller/Goodies.htm  

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

   Actual Lineups 
   Transactions and actual as-played lineups and schedules for the replayer.  
   http://lineups.somworld.com/ 

   Baseball Reference  
   Complete stats 1871-present for all major league players, teams, and leagues. 
   http://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, Frank Carswell, Luke Easter, Mike Baxes, Don Labbruzzo, 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.  
   http://snipurl.com/3oan9 
   http://tinyurl.com/6yr5l5 

   Drye Goods  
   Willie Drye's American history blog, featuring baseball past and present.   
   http://wdryegoods.blogspot.com/  

   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 Yahoo forum and The Strange and Unusual. 
   http://www.retrosheet.org/  

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  * Baseball -- Links 

   John Skilton's Baseball-Links.com  
   Massive categorized index of websites and newsgroups, dealing with every facet of the game.   
   http://www.baseball-links.com/  

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

   Antique SpotLight 
   Directory of vendors and information resources for all manner of antiques and collectibles.  
   http://www.antiquespotlight.com/sportinggames.html 

   Collectible Detective  "The Ultimate Directory of Vintage and Antique Collectibles" -- 
   find "Classic Games" among "Vintage Toys." 
   http://www.collectibledetective.com/s/31/classic-games.html 

   Collectics  
   Massive directory of dealers and info resources in every category of antiques and collectibles.  
   http://collectics.com/links20/Toys/ 

   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.   
   http://stores.ebay.com/River-Street-Antiques  

   ToyTent 
   Antique and collectible toys, games, robots, poster art, and cool sci-fi stuff. 
   http://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 

   Vintage Lane   "Eclectic variety of vintage to modern boardgames and baby-boomer toys, dolls, and collectibles.  
   Avid collector and dealer always looking to add to her collections and helping many obtain the lost toys of childhood."   
   http://www.vintagelane.com/welcome.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.  
   http://www.zeroland.co.nz/toys.html 

   A-Z Health Directory Links Exchange
   "A-Z Health Directory is the place on the net for health resources from A to Z" -- baseball and games listings too.   
   http://www.azhealthdirectory.com/dir/baseball.html 

   Directory Comet   "Free & paid general directory service - quality links - fast approval" 
   http://www.directorycomet.com/index.php?c=2507 

   # The Games and Toys Directory  
   Listing businesses and resources of interest to enthusiasts of boardgames, video games, and on-line games.
   http://gamesandtoys.biz/html/Shopping/Antiques_and_Collectibles/Toys_and_Games/ 

   # Global Search Directory 
   http://www.globalsearchdirectory.com/Sport_Recreation/Sports/Baseball/  

   Link Referral    Link-exchange clearinghouse with site analytics and visitor reviews 
   http://www.linkreferral.com/adwel.pl 

   The Little Web Directory   "Free Web Directory - Add Your Link" 
   http://www.littlewebdirectory.com/links.asp?cat=207 

   Shoporeum   Merchandise and marketing in dozens of categories.  
   http://shoporeum.com/Toy-1/baseball+games.html 

   Slightly Creaky 
   Web directory specializing in hobbies, home maintenance, health concerns, and consumer issues.  
   home: http://slightlycreaky.com/index.html  Sports Memorabilia: http://slightlycreaky.com/CollectingSports.html 

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

   TopicCraze   User-ranked directory of websites in all categories.  Click the button below! 
   http://www.topiccraze.com/topic?topic=boardgames 


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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...  

   May 2011:  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 
   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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