JAL’s Chance Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E4960jHfgE

Chance  Big Country

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

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

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

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

3 BFFL’s 2016 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=0

4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

5 ESPN

MLB calendar and key dates

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?page=mlb_calendar

BLOGS and such

6 Washington Post

Why the Cubs will win the NL Central in 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2016/02/09/why-the-cubs-will-win-the-nl-central-in-2016/

     

7 Viva El Birdos

Major League Baseball's best Super Bowl tweets - A Hunt and Peck

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-news-analysis-mlb/2016/2/8/10937772/major-league-baseballs-best-super-bowl-tweets-a-hunt-and-peck

8 Green Weenie

2/8: Frankie Signs; Josh & Buck Enter the Hall; HBD Cookie & Monty; The King

 

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2016/02/28-frankie-signs-josh-buck-enter-hall.html

9 Baseball Essential

Spring Training Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2016/02/08/spring-training-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

2016 Cubs Spring Training Countdown: 11 Days

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/2/8/10931014/2016-cubs-spring-training-countdown-11-days

11 MLB

Finding a common thread among MLB's best teams

          

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/163870272/mlb-teams-with-best-records-past-3-seasons

12 Innings Eaters

Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Built with Versatility</b>

http://inningseaters.sportsblog.com/posts/12151893/pittsburgh-pirates-roster-built-with-versatility.html

13 Today’s Knuckleball

Low-Cost Options Still Available to Bolster Pirates’ Bench

http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/national-league/pittsburgh-pirates/low-cost-options-still-available-to-bolster-pirates-bench/

14 My News LA

Former major league pitcher to receive honorary doctorate

http://mynewsla.com/sports/2016/02/08/former-major-league-pitcher-to-receive-honorary-doctorate/

15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Goold: Cuba's Gourriel brothers will attempt leap to majors

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-cuba-s-gourriel-brothers-will-attempt-leap-to-majors/article_673e4bd4-1b7e-5e8f-ad7d-8db9a0159010.html

16 USA Today

Delmon Young accused of choking, threatening to kill a valet

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/02/08/delmon-young-accused-choking-threatening-kill-valet/80012720/

17 SB Nation   

It's not just the Dodgers and Yankees who will be interested in Bryce Harper

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/2/8/10938512/bryce-harper-free-agent-yankees-dodgers

18 CBS Sports

Can Tyler Clippard bounce back from a terrible 2015 finish?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25477478/can-tyler-clippard-bounce-back-from-a-terrible-2015-finish

19 Fangraphs

The End of the Terrible Number-Two Hitter

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-end-of-the-terrible-number-two-hitter/

20 Sports on Earth

HALL OF FAME'S ANTI-RECENCY BIAS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/163959756/hall-of-fame-voting-1980s-and-1990s-players

21 Fox Sports

Report: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays agree to 2-year, $29 million deal

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/toronto-blue-jays-josh-donaldson-extension-avoid-arbitration-020816

22 ESPN

Sources: MLB, union closer to rule change for slides into second base

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14742914/mlb-players-union-closer-rule-change-slides-second-base

23 National Pastime Museum

1904

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/1904