...the Baseball Fan:

I have seen over 900 Northern League and/or American Association games starting with the first pre-season Saints-Aces games in 1993. I've visited ALL the Northern League ballparks, most (9 of 10) AA ballparks.

...the Websites:

The experience from all those games and trips can be found my websites nlfan.com and aabfan.com. nlfan.com is one of the oldest continuous websites covering the Northern League starting in February 1996. aabfan.com first appeared the day of the official league naming and will (eventually) become the American Association equivalent of its predecessor. Both sites have (or, in the case of aabfan, will have) ballpark guides for all clubs as well as complete online "collectibles museums" (card sets, programs, pocket schedules, bobbleheads, lapel pins) and other information.

...the Forums:

The nlfan/aabfan yuku forums are the new incarnation of the older ezboard forums created in August 2001. They continue to be the most active discussion areas about both leagues anywhere on the net/web thanks to the many fans who've found and supported it. They are frequented by fans, players and league staff from all around the/both leagues.

...with regard to comments, friends, kudos, etc...

My discussion forums were on ezboard over 6 years before the migration to yuku (and the addition of all the newer features). I'm not here to collect kudos, create lots of (myspace-like) friends, add comments and other profile stuff. If you're active baseball fan in my forums I'll reply/reciprocate, otherwise save your time... I'm not a socialite/social climber and I will not accept (blind) invitations from people I do not know. I've been in online discussion forums for over 25 years (yes, that means ancient 300 baud dial-ups to BBSs) and have little need to add extra egoboo to my profile.

Interaction Designer/Developer since July 27, 1984.

SaintsFan since June 12, 1993

Webmaster nlfan.com since February 20, 1996

Creator/Admin nlfan.com forums since August 14, 2001

Webmaster aabfan.com since November 2005

Collecting Northern League and American Association bobbleheads, card sets, lapel pins, media guides, programs and pocket schedules.

Traveling the Northern League, Amercan Association, US and Europe

Collecting US Counties 69.15% visited (2172 of 3141 total); 48 / 50 states, 13 completed