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The number of baseball-related sites on the World Wide Web continued to increase remarkably during 1998. A wide variety of sites are available to the baseball fan, historian and athlete. Most search engines contain thousands of listings related to baseball in general.However the change in Major League Baseball-related sites has not been as dramatic. The Alta Vista search engine, which contains the most baseball-related listings of the search utilities sampled, showed a remarkable 12-month increase in the number of "baseball" listings (from 700,000 to 3.65 million). However, the increase in the number of "Major League Baseball" listings was comparatively miniscule (from 66,586 to 67,042). (During the same period the number of "cosmic baseball" site listings increased modestly from 742 to 778.) [See Search Engine Site Results].
The data on this plate was compiled by researchers at the Cosmic Baseball Research Alliance (COBRA) on December 22, 1998 and represents activity between January and December 1998.
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American League
Between 1997 and 1998 the number of A.L. sites indexed at Yahoo increased marginally by 9 from 616 to 625 with the Devil Rays (27) posting the greatest increase (+15) in the number of Yahoo site listings. The Yankees (84) gained 2 more sites and remain the overall leader in number of sites for all major league baseball teams. The Indians (64) retain their second-place standing and the Red Sox, despite having lost the most sites (-9), remain in third place with 57 sites indexed at Yahoo.
| Team | Sites |
| Yankees | 84 |
| Indians | 64 |
| Red Sox | 57 |
| Orioles | 54 |
| Mariners | 43 |
| Tigers | 42 |
| Blue Jays | 40 |
| Rangers | 39 |
| Angels | 38 |
| Athletics | 36 |
| White Sox | 35 |
| Royals | 33 |
| Twins | 33 |
| Devil Rays | 27 |
| Total | 625 |
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Source: Yahoo! Search Directory
National League
The N.L. increased its overall number of sites indexed at Yahoo between 1997 and 1998 from 652 to 696 for a net gain of 44 sites. The Diamondbacks posted the largest gain (+11) and the Marlins showed the largest decrease (-7). The Braves (68) retain their front-runner status with a gain of 9 sites, followed by the Dodgers (57) in second-place who picked up 4 more sites. The Mets (53) replace the Giants (52) in third place having picked up 10 new sites.
| Team | Sites |
| Braves | 68 |
| Dodgers | 57 |
| Mets | 53 |
| Giants | 52 |
| Cubs | 50 |
| Phillies | 50 |
| Astros | 45 |
| Cardinals | 45 |
| Padres | 43 |
| Pirates | 41 |
| Rockies | 37 |
| Reds | 35 |
| Marlins | 35 |
| Brewers | 31 |
| Expos | 30 |
| Diamondbacks | 24 |
| Total | 696 |
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Source: Yahoo! Search Directory
| Engine/Term | Baseball | Major League Baseball |
Cosmic Baseball |
| AltaVista | 3,650,062 | 67,042 | 778 |
| AOL NetFind | 276,704 | 13,040 | 354 |
| HotBot | 561,430 | 68,380 | 380 |
| Infoseek | 3,347,033 | 206,564 | 658 |
| WebCrawler | 14,993 | 1,474 | 30 | SOURCE: Cosmic Baseball Research Alliance Major League Study Group. Data collected December 22, 1998. |
| Yahoo | Baseball | Major League Baseball |
Cosmic Baseball |
| Categories | 264 | 2 | 1 |
| Websites | 2846 | 93 | 14 | SOURCE: Cosmic Baseball Research Alliance Major League Study Group. Data collected December 22, 1998. |
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