Links and other online resources

Sites around the web (some non-baseball related) that you may find of value. If you have a link to add, let me know.

Official Site of the Houston Astros

http://www.astros.com/

Astros Minor League Affiliates - compiled by Jacksonian

Round Rock Express (AAA) - Round Rock, TX
Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) - Corpus Christi, TX
Lancaster JetHawks (High-A) - Lancaster, CA
Lexington Legends (Low-A) - Lexington, KY
Tri-City ValleyCats (Short-Season A) - Troy, NY
Greeneville Astros (Rookie) - Greeneville, TN
Venezuelan Summer League Team - Venoco, Venezuela
Dominican Summer League Team - Cibao, Dominican Republic

Media coverage

Houston Chronicle - Houston's fishwrap online. Registration required for archived articles.
Chronicle Astros coverage - Gleam what you want from the articles, columns and blogs and avoid the clap! "Hey! That's great advice!"
BugMeNot - Avoid having to register to read articles. Fight the Man!
740AM KTRH - Flagship station of the Astros Radio Network. Astros games are blacked out online.
1560 The Game - Sports Radio in Houston, one that somehow thought it would be a good idea to give us a show!
790 The Sports Animal - take a listen to Sports Radio that manages to make you feel quite intelligent because nobody can be dumber than some of these guys (Pallilo and Dalati being the exceptions of course).
ESPN.com
Fox Sports / Sporting News
USA Today - Registration required
Yahoo

General baseball links

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - Official site.
Major League Baseball - Official site.
Minor League Baseball - Official site.
Baseball Reference - Stats for any player that ever played.
The Baseball Cube - Comprehensive stat site with college (starting in 2002), minor league, and major league stats.
Baseball Almanac - Stats and anecdotes.
Retrosheet - Box scores dating back to the 1800s.
Baseball Prospectus - The hive mind for the stat geek collective.
Society for American Baseball Research - Interesting site that addresses many different aspects of baseball history
Cot's Baseball Contracts - wanna know how much dinero the players are pulling down? Have no fear, Cot's is here!

Other fan sites and forums

Official Astros.com Forum
Jeff Bagwell for the Hall of Fame - Comes with a blog (but no bobbleheads)!
PlunkBiggio.com Genius! Pure genius!
AstrosDaily.com - Astros media article portal site with some original contributor stuff, like a History section.
Astros Fans - Astros fans who migrated away from astros.com.
The Crawfish Boxes - I don't name 'em, just link 'em. A blog about the Houston Astros by rastronomical.
ClutchFans.net - Dave Hardissey's (Clutch) prominent Rockets fan site.
InsideTheIvy.com - Cubs fan site. Careful, they may be posting drunk.
BravesBeat.com - Operated by the surprisingly reasonable DarrenFromBravesNet.
The Newberg Report - Rangers news and minor league info.
NYYFans.com - Arrogance personified.

Computer- and Internet-related resources - Improving your general online experience

Symantec Security Response - From the makers of Norton Antivirus. Help stop the spread of e-mail viruses through the TZ and other sites. Free virus removal tools.
Lavasoft AdAware - Detect and remove adware and spyware on your computer. Free download.
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SpywareBlaster - Provide advanced protection against adware, spyware, and other malicious software. Free download.
Windows Update - Download the latest security patches and service packs for Windows, Internet Explorer, and other Microsoft software.
Firefox 3.0 - Customizeable web browser with built-in popup blocker and many other features. Free download.