Vital (and Some Not-so-Vital) Everyday Links for Managing Fantasy Baseball Teams

Depth Of Knowledge

The official (and up-to-date) depth charts for each MLB club:

National League

East: Marlins | Braves | Mets | Phillies | Nationals
Central: Reds | Pirates | Cubs | Brewers | Cardinals | Astros
West: Dodgers | Diamondbacks | Padres | Rockies | Giants

American League

East: Red Sox | Orioles | Rays | Yankees | Blue Jays
Central: White Sox | Tigers | Indians | Royals | Twins
West: Rangers | Angels | Athletics | Mariners

Essential Links For Everyday Web Browsing

Here are the Web sites I check multiple times a week—in the name of 24/7 roster improvements:

• Baseball America
• Baseball America's 2012 Top Prospects
• FanGraphs
• Rotowire Player Search Database (great for targeting prospects)
• MinorLeagueBaseball.com's stats page
• MLB.com's fantasy page
• Baseball-Reference
• Baseball Prospectus
• Accuscore.com
• Retrosheet
• The Hardball Times

More YouTube Gifts From The Gods

As a serial YouTuber of sports-related events from the 1970s and 1980s, I recently stumbled upon a gem from 1978-79: Hall of Famer, er, legendary hit king Pete Rose introducing the world to Atari Baseball, with some assistance from an unknown umpire (definitely not Ron Luciano) and the world's clunkiest television set—one that undoubtedly forced viewers to manually change the channel every five minutes. As a bonus, check out Don Knotts' borderline-creepy cameo for the game Breakout.

It's hard to believe now, but Rose was one of the most bankable product pitchmen of his time. From Atari, Kool-Aid and Wheaties to Tegrin and this jewel from Aqua Velva...which might go down as the last sexist commercial toward women journalists in sports history.

For sitcom buffs, check out Vic Tayback, aka Mel from TV's Alice, giving Rose the business in an Aqua Velva spot that predates his sitcom rise to fame. Good stuff!

Jay Clemons can be reached on Twitter, day or night, at @ATL_JayClemons.