JAL's Amid the falling Snow Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacyMhxIOd0

GENERAL DAILY UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 MLB Important Dates

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/important_dates.jsp

BLOGS and such

 

4—Pirates Prospects

Winter Leagues: Two Hits For Polanco, Marte Injury Update

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/12/winter-leagues-two-hits-for-polanco-marte-injury-update.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Pirates haven't improved, but neither has NL Central

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/12/22/5234064/pirates-havent-improved-but-neither-has-nl-central

6 Climbing Tals Hill

Robbie Grossman: Player Profile

http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/12/21/robbie-grossman-player-profile/

7 Rumbunter

Exhale: Starling Marte X-Rays Negative

http://rumbunter.com/2013/12/21/exhale-starling-marte-x-rays-negative/

8 Green Weenie

> 12/21: Josh Gibson, Danny Kravitz, Dick Groat, AVS, Steady Freddy, Frankie...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/12/1221-josh-gibson-danny-kravitz-dick.html

9 Yanks Go Yard

Is it Time To Ask AJ Burnett To Come Back To The Bronx?

http://yanksgoyard.com/2013/12/21/time-ask-aj-burnett-come-back-bronx/

10 Rising Apple

It Appears That Stephen Drew Has No Market: What Say You, Mets?

http://risingapple.com/2013/12/21/appears-stephen-drew-market-say-mets/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Steubenville Herald Star

Bullpen was backbone for 2013 Pirates

http://www.hsconnect.com/page/blogs.detail/display/868/Bullpen-was-backbone-for-2013-Pirates.html

12 The Modesto Bee

Modesto Bee readers share their Candlestick Park memories

http://www.modbee.com/2013/12/21/3101164/modesto-bee-readers-share-their.html

13 Patriot News

Pirates' hurdle over twenty years of drought and Pittsburgh's party was my sports story of 2013

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/12/pirates_hurdle_over_twenty_yea.html

14 Post Gazette

Vendors unload sports apparel as teams ponder personnel moves

http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2013/12/22/New-jersey-old-jersey-Nothing-s-for-sure/stories/201312220122

Pirates manager Hurdle humbled by pick for Dapper Dan

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2013/12/22/Pirates-manager-Hurdle-humbled-by-pick-for-Dapper-Dan/stories/201312220055

15 New York Daily News

Steroid-tainted candidates and legitimate choices challenge Baseball Hall of Fame voters

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/madden-ballot-bulge-challenges-hof-voters-article-1.1554974

16 San Francisco Examiner

Will the Thrill, The Wild Thing, Bedrock, baseball glory and my father

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/will-the-thrill-the-wild-thing-bedrock-baseball-glory-and-my-father/Content?oid=2654591

17 Sweetspot

Hall of Fame pitchers and peak value

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/43072/hall-of-fame-pitchers-and-peak-value

18 Chicago Tribune

Starlin Castro's head at heart of on-field woes?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-starlin-castro-money-sullivan-chicago-spt-1222-20131222,0,629196.story

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

A New Direction for Stats at BP

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22449

20 Fangraphs

 A Follow-Up Thought on the Hall of Fame Standard

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-follow-up-thought-on-the-hall-of-fame-standard/

Song:  Amid the Falling Snow Enya