Message Boards for Other Teams: A List

[Hildy910]

Since there have been a couple queries about message boards for other teams in the past couple days, I thought it might be useful to have some sort of list of good fan sites around the MLB.

My goal is to have only two or three sites per team--it's not meant to include every forum out there. I also prefer to post forum sites over blogs, although if a blog has a game thread or is really, really good, I'll include it. Thanks for all the suggestions!



AL East
Yankees - http://www.nyyfans.com
Red Sox - http://www.redsoxnation.net
Red Sox - http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net (closed membership; you can register to lurk)
Blue Jays - http://www.bluejayway.ca/
Rays -- http://www.raysbb.com/
Orioles - http://www.orioleshangout.com
Orioles-- http://www.birdsinthebelfry.com/

AL Central

Chicago White Sox - http://www.soxtalk.com
Chicago White Sox - http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/v...n/index.php?s=
Chicago White Sox - http://www.southsiders.net/
Indians-- http://www.letsgotribe.com/ blog with game threads
Indians: http://www.theclevelandfan.com/board...89ba6315cf0680
Royals - http://www.royalboard.com
Tigers - http://www.motowntigers.com
Tigers - http://www.tigerscentral.com
Twins - http://www.twinsgeek.com
Twins - http://www.twinkietown.com/
Twins- http://www.battleyourtailoff.com/majorblog/


AL West
Angels - http://www.angelsbaseball.us/
Angels - http://www.angelsfanforum.com/forum/
Angels -- http://www.halosheaven.com/
A's - http://www.oakball.net
A’s - http://www.athleticsnation.com
Mariners - http://ussmariner.com/
Mariners - http://www.marinercentral.com/forum/index.php?act=idx
Rangers - http://www.rangerfans.com/


NL East
Braves - http://www.bravescenter.com
Braves - http://www.bravesbeat.com
Marlins - http://www.marlinbaseball.com
Mets - http://www.amazinz.com/
- http://www.nysportsday.com/themofo/
- http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/index.php
Nationals - http://www.natsfanatics.com/
Nationals - http://www.ballparkguys.com/cgi-bin/...ubb=forum;f=41
Nationals - http://www.nationalspride.com/forums/index.cfm
Phillies - http://www.philaphans.com
Phillies - http://www.philliesphans.com/phorum/

NL Central
Astros - http://www.astrosdaily.com/
Astrols - http://www.astrosfans.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=28
Brewers - http://www.brewerfan.net
Brewers - http://p092.ezboard.com/bbrewersfandemonium
Cardinals - http://www.cardsclubhouse.com
Cardinals - http://www.birdsonthebat.org/
Cubs - http://www.insidetheivy.com
Cubs - http://www.northsidebaseball.com
Pirates - http://www.onlybucs.net
Pirates - http://www.pittsburghsports.net/
Reds - http://www.redszone.com

NL West
Diamondbacks - http://www.dbackfans.com/
Diamondbacks - http://www.diamondbacksbullpen.com/phpBB2/
Dodgers - http://www.dodgerblues.com/
Giants - http://pub15.ezboard.com/bgiantsvirtualforum
Giants - http://giantsdugout.net/index.php
Padres - http://www.madfriars.com
Padres - http://forum.signonsandiego.com/uplo...splay.php?f=10
Rockies - http://www.roxhead.com/

General Baseball

Netsports
Baseball-Fever
MLB Center

Baseball Think Factory.

[scull567]

Nice. Thanks for posting this.

[Dog Named Fred]

http://www.sbnation.com/ includes blogs from every team except for the dodgers. there's a wide variety in terms of quality from team to team, but some, like the a's (http://www.athleticsnation.com), cardinals (http://www.vivaelbirdos.com) and cubs (http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com), are pretty active.

[jonnyc39]

Your link to tribewatch.com contains an "i" before www.

Thanks for the links!

[ChewieTobbacca]

nice list!

[boo_427]

Braves Beat

I prefer this Braves site.

[Hildy910]

Your link to tribewatch.com contains an "i" before www.

Haven't you ever heard of that well known grammar rule, "I before w except after Tribe?"

Fixed it, thanks!

[Deez Nats]

Also, operating under some silly theory that we might like more than one National, natfanatics.com changes their URL to natsfanatics.com.

[Sam18]

Hey that's pretty cool. Thanks.

[Sam18]

My oh my we're famous!
http://www.redsoxnation.net/forums/i...ic=20791&st=40

[PaulieIsAwesome]

http://www.sbnation.com/ includes blogs from every team except for the dodgers. there's a wide variety in terms of quality from team to team, but some, like the a's (http://www.athleticsnation.com), cardinals (http://www.vivaelbirdos.com) and cubs (http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com), are pretty active.

Athletics Nation is pretty good. They've had some top-notch interviews, from Michael Lewis to Billy Beane, to top A's prospects.

[yanksphan]

Padres: http://forum.signonsandiego.com/uplo...splay.php?f=10

[JeterRodriguezSheff]

My oh my we're famous!
http://www.redsoxnation.net/forums/i...ic=20791&st=40

interesting, i might join that one, im warming up to the idea of posting on a message board of our rival team

[Kulish29]

My oh my we're famous!
http://www.redsoxnation.net/forums/i...ic=20791&st=40

Very interesting thread indeed Sam.

[JJazz]

Great list. Thanks!

[JeterRodriguezSheff]

My oh my we're famous!
http://www.redsoxnation.net/forums/i...ic=20791&st=40

haha Im famous, I made the "list of of posters who deserve an ass kicking" list. Nice.

[Sam18]

haha Im famous, I made the "list of of posters who deserve an ass kicking" list. Nice.

I'd be honored if I made that list.

[JeterRodriguezSheff]

I'd be honored if I made that list.

You know its funny to see what SOME of the Red Sox fans who act all nice here really think of us. Good thread indeed, props for posting it.

[Sam18]

You know its funny to see what SOME of the Red Sox fans who act all nice here really think of us. Good thread indeed, props for posting it.

No problem. And its sad that Barry goes there being all nice and what not and that one guy just baits him and acts like an ass. I'm glad some of the other sox fans told him to stfu.

[Lucen]

http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net > http://www.redsoxnation.net

That is all.

[PettittesPrincess]

athleticsnation.com i pretty decent.

[PoughVirginiaYankee]

You know its funny to see what SOME of the Red Sox fans who act all nice here really think of us. Good thread indeed, props for posting it.

Yeah...I was pretty shocked when I read that thread. I think NYYFANS runs a pretty tight ship, and the result is a darn good website for Yankee fans. I guess they resent our forum as much as our 26 Championships.

[Sam18]

http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net > http://www.redsoxnation.net

That is all.

I don't know about that. There seemed to be a LOT less Yankee bashing at rsn than at sosh. I mean they actually reffered to the Yankees as *gasp* Yankees!

[Sam18]

Yeah...I was pretty shocked when I read that thread. I think NYYFANS runs a pretty tight ship, and the result is a darn good website for Yankee fans. I guess they resent our forum as much as our 26 Championships.

Its the trolls that ruin it for the good sox fans.

[Lucen]

I don't know about that. There seemed to be a LOT less Yankee bashing at rsn than at sosh. I mean they actually reffered to the Yankees as *gasp* Yankees!

And the most important measure for how to judge the quality of a baseball site is how they treat or refer to the Yankees?

[Sam18]

And the most important measure for how to judge the quality of a baseball site is how they treat or refer to the Yankees?

As a Yankee fan? Yes.

[Lucen]

As a Yankee fan? Yes.

Fair enough, heh.

[AnibalTheCannibal]

RSN is far and away a better website than SoSH as far as community goes. One, you don't to apply (what type of person applies to a message board by stating a case for why he is worthy of posting? Lame), Yankee fans are welcome (ignore SSA, he for some reason has it out for BBtB), and the mods won't let them bait you into getting banned. We have a closed forum over there for people who donate money to the board, and the mods laid down the law telling people to lay off BBtB. I was the loser who defended him

Back on topic

http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/v...n/index.php?s=

That's a White Sox board I've read once in a while over the past two years.

Any of you guys who want to register would be welcome over at RSN. We have a few really good Yankee posters; JamieNYY, StuckInChiTown, CTYankee (Go Rocket on this board) and others.

[HouseThatRingsBuild]

Thanks for the links. On the oakland website, people are posting Zito is demanding a trade.

[NewOrioleWork]

Orioles - http://www.orioleshangout.com

Truth.

Good thread. It should be a sticky.

[sharoncass]

You know its funny to see what SOME of the Red Sox fans who act all nice here really think of us. Good thread indeed, props for posting it.

So true. It's really put a new perspective on some of them that post here.

[HouseThatRingsBuild]

Since there have been a couple queries about message boards for other teams in the past couple days, I thought it might be useful to have some sort of list of good fan sites around the MLB.

If you know of any sites you find better (I went to the Indians site, for example, and found it to be not so great, please feel free to post them. I can try to keep this list updated if you all would find that useful.


Here's a start-- Keg411 very kindly posted this list in a thread looking for a Braves site. It's a list that was built at Marlins Baseball by a poster called Passion, I believe.


AL East
Red Sox - http://www.redsoxnation.net
Yankees - http://www.nyyfans.com
Blue Jays - http://www.bluejayway.ca/
Devil Rays - http://www.raysbaseball.com/
Orioles - http://www.orioleshangout.com

AL Central
Indians - http://iwww.tribewatch.com
Royals - http://www.royalboard.com
Tigers - http://www.motowntigers.com
Twins - http://www.twinsgeek.com
White Sox - http://www.soxtalk.com

AL West
Angels - http://www.angelsbaseball.us/
A's - http://www.oakball.net
Mariners - http://www.insidethepark.com
Rangers - http://www.rangerfans.com/

NL East
Braves - http://www.bravescenter.com
- http://www.bravesbeat.com

Marlins - http://www.marlinbaseball.com
Mets - http://www.amazinz.com/
Nationals - http://www.natfanatics.com/
Phillies - http://www.philaphans.com

NL Central
Astros - http://www.astrosdaily.com/
Brewers - http://www.brewerfan.net
Cardinals - http://www.cardsclubhouse.com
Cubs - http://www.insidetheivy.com
Pirates - http://www.onlybucs.net
Reds - http://www.redszone.com

NL West
Diamondbacks - http://www.dbackfans.com/
Dodgers - http://www.dodgerblues.com/
Giants - http://pub15.ezboard.com/bgiantsvirtualforum
Padres - http://www.madfriars.com
Rockies - http://www.roxhead.com/

What about SOSH?

[AnibalTheCannibal]

Its the trolls that ruin it for the good sox fans.

You know, I used to have a real problem with this place banning Sox fans for what I felt was no reason. Then BBtB explained it how you did. When you have Sox fans saying, "I'm gonna go register so I can troll until I'm banned," it screws it up for other Sox fans by tightening the leash. I feel a lot differently now than I did on the first page of that thread on RSN.

[Jersey Yankee]

Here's one more for the Indians:

http://www.cleveland.com/forums/tribe/

Sawx:

http://www.masslive.com/forums/redsox/

Yanks, Mets and Phillies:

http://www.nj.com/forums/index.ssf?sports.ssfhttp://www.nj.com/forums/index.ssf?sports.ssf

[Jersey Yankee]

I don't know about that. There seemed to be a LOT less Yankee bashing at rsn than at sosh. I mean they actually reffered to the Yankees as *gasp* Yankees!

That's all they had to say about them danged blooded MFy's? Geez, worship Fenway, get a life and go drink your Sammy!!!

[MelmoandMiggy]

For general baseball, I'd recommend www.baseball-fever.com. Very well-moderated board, strictly for baseball talk, though. It's how I came to find out about nyyfans, as I recall.

[Casey37]

For general baseball, I'd recommend www.baseball-fever.com. Very well-moderated board, strictly for baseball talk, though. It's how I came to find out about nyyfans, as I recall.

I lurked there a couple of times, but didn't really like it too much. Way too much anti-Yankee sentiment there, and the Yankee mods are really passive.

[Hildy910]

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http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net > http://www.redsoxnation.net

That is all.

I like and greatly respect SoSH. I have learned a ton there, particularly how to apply statistics to real life questions. One poster (VaSoxFan, or some such), started a terrific thread where he applied stats to the question of whether Mike Lowell would bounce back or not. Fascinating stuff that I could never, ever do on my own b/c I'm a numbers idiot.
All that being said, however, I linked to RedSoxNation b/c it's an open community and it's welcoming of other teams' fans who respect the site. I think that lack of insularity is a good thing for a site. My feeling is that the closed nature of SoSH leads members to eat their own young at times; it gets brutal.

And all that being said AGAIN, I did not mean to open a can of worms by inadvertently leading folks to that NYYfans. thread at RSN. Yikes. My hair just burst into flame at the mental image of possible repercussions. Please don't make me go bald, folks.

[soxfansince67]

And all that being said AGAIN, I did not mean to open a can of worms by inadvertently leading folks to that NYYfans. thread at RSN. Yikes. My hair just burst into flame at the mental image of possible repercussions. Please don't make me go bald, folks.

actually, it's been a long time since a thread over there has been that active in such a a short span of time.

[Casey37]

I like and greatly respect SoSH. I have learned a ton there, particularly how to apply statistics to real life questions. One poster (VaSoxFan, or some such), started a terrific thread where he applied stats to the question of whether Mike Lowell would bounce back or not. Fascinating stuff that I could never, ever do on my own b/c I'm a numbers idiot.
All that being said, however, I linked to RedSoxNation b/c it's an open community and it's welcoming of other teams' fans who respect the site. I think that lack of insularity is a good thing for a site. My feeling is that the closed nature of SoSH leads members to eat their own young at times; it gets brutal.

And all that being said AGAIN, I did not mean to open a can of worms by inadvertently leading folks to that NYYfans. thread at RSN. Yikes. My hair just burst into flame at the mental image of possible repercussions. Please don't make me go bald, folks.

I actually found that thread to be really interesting. It does give us an idea of what some people really think about us.

[Hildy910]

Okay. I just would have felt really guilty and bad if flaming had broken out. I think it's an interesting thread, too.

[Sam18]

I actually found that thread to be really interesting. It does give us an idea of what some people really think about us.

Yep. Also tells us who was banned here and has since re-registerd.

[Hildy910]

Yep. Also tells us who was banned here and has since re-registerd.

hair starting to smoke.....

[Sam18]

hair starting to smoke.....

[Casey37]

Yep. Also tells us who was banned here and has since re-registerd.

Some of them, probably. Others are just BSing and trying to look cool in front of their peers.

BTW, I'm still trying to get used to seeing BBtB sporting a pair of Red Socks. What the hell is this world coming to?

[SI Baseballman]

Better Mets boards than what you have listed:

http://www.nysportsday.com/themofo/ - The MOFO, lightly moderated no holds barred site with lots of good talk and a diversity of users

http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/index.php - The Cranepool Forum, an older sabermatrics type crowd

[Hildy910]

Now you know how Sox fans feel when we see all those NY logos lined up under our names.
It's certainly disorienting.

[Sam18]

Some of them, probably. Others are just BSing and trying to look cool in front of their peers.

BTW, I'm still trying to get used to seeing BBtB sporting a pair of Red Socks. What the hell is this world coming to?

That Sox Sweep guy is scaring me. I wonder who he is here.

[ryanm1058123]

haha Im famous, I made the "list of of posters who deserve an ass kicking" list. Nice.

as am I

[Sam18]

as am I

A toast to you sir.