An anonymous BB reader, who happens to work for the Toronto Star, made an excellent point (several, actually) in a recent e-mail exchange. He didn't come to the defence of certain columnists, other than pointing out that the longer someone has been around baseball, the fewer new ideas they have. (Ouch! A middle-aged guy could take that personally). He reminded me that there's more to the Star than meets the eye.
Far superior to its newsprint coverage, the paper's website, Waymoresports.com, was nominated for a Primey award as the Internet's best, and finished a creditable third with about 23% of the vote. Why? Because of its excellent Baseball Watch feature, and the superb Player Index. For example, here's the career stats -- including the minor leagues -- for the subject of an earlier thread, Chris Woodward.
No, Richard Griffin isn't hunched over a calculator doing all this work for you; it's provided to the Star and many other media outlets by a Canadian source -- Fantasy Sports Services.
Not all the content is as good -- in the latest "Weekly Notebook," whoever wrote the FSS copy rated Tampa Bay fifth on a list of AL teams that improved themselves the most in the offseason! (The Jays, according to the same Ouija board, were seventh). Depth Charts on the Team Index pages could use a tweak; who knew Ryan Freel was in the Jays' 2B plans? Steve Parris, on a minor-league contract with an invitation to the D-Rays' camp, is quite a longshot to make the Toronto rotation. More quibbles: the menus could be better, and some links aren't working, but when you do find a page you think is useful, that's what bookmarks and favourites are for.
On the other hand, the team stats page for the Blue Jays is the only one I've seen that has "new" players like Lidle and Catalanotto included. There's a very respectable and thorough fantasy section, and the moves and injuries are always up to date. There is no perfect one-stop baseball site, but for the Player Index and those hard-to-find minor-league stats alone, I visit Waymoresports.com often, and recommend it.
Far superior to its newsprint coverage, the paper's website, Waymoresports.com, was nominated for a Primey award as the Internet's best, and finished a creditable third with about 23% of the vote. Why? Because of its excellent Baseball Watch feature, and the superb Player Index. For example, here's the career stats -- including the minor leagues -- for the subject of an earlier thread, Chris Woodward.
No, Richard Griffin isn't hunched over a calculator doing all this work for you; it's provided to the Star and many other media outlets by a Canadian source -- Fantasy Sports Services.
Not all the content is as good -- in the latest "Weekly Notebook," whoever wrote the FSS copy rated Tampa Bay fifth on a list of AL teams that improved themselves the most in the offseason! (The Jays, according to the same Ouija board, were seventh). Depth Charts on the Team Index pages could use a tweak; who knew Ryan Freel was in the Jays' 2B plans? Steve Parris, on a minor-league contract with an invitation to the D-Rays' camp, is quite a longshot to make the Toronto rotation. More quibbles: the menus could be better, and some links aren't working, but when you do find a page you think is useful, that's what bookmarks and favourites are for.
On the other hand, the team stats page for the Blue Jays is the only one I've seen that has "new" players like Lidle and Catalanotto included. There's a very respectable and thorough fantasy section, and the moves and injuries are always up to date. There is no perfect one-stop baseball site, but for the Player Index and those hard-to-find minor-league stats alone, I visit Waymoresports.com often, and recommend it.
