This Month: The Wall’s Favorite Summer Web Sites

Ah! Vacation. Summer is in full swing, and my brain is temporarily on cruise control. My Internet use fully reflects that fact, too. No more do I use search engines to cull the net for information for a school report; no longer must I research and read the top news sites for current events and answers to extra credit questions. Instead, I am free to browse and surf for pleasure purposes only. So, this month, I’ve decided to let the cat out of the bag on my own personal list of “essential” fun sites.

Sports
Say what you want about America’s Pastime, but I still like baseball. I mean, football it isn’t, but with wild card pennant chases, the All Star game, and inter-league play, it’s not a bad summer substitute. So, a logical place to start my summer sports surfing is at MLB@BAT, the official site of Major League Baseball. It’s at www.majorleaguebaseball.com. For stat-heads and fantasy league players, the StatWeb, at www.baseballstats.com, is an exhaustive database of baseball statistics on all kinds of topics, from yearly league leaders to attendance figures.

From there, I can’t resist giving a plug for my favorite team, the defending National League Central champion St. Louis Cardinals. Their official Web site is www.stlcardinals.com. One of this site’s best features is that it posts the actual scorecard from the most recent Redbirds game online – big-time cool! Most other major league teams also have Web sites, too, so check around for your favorite team.

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