Tuesday, December 30, 2014

JAL’s Celtic New Year Song Morning Links





Celtic New Year Van Morrison


GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions


2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates


3 BFFL’s 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet




BLOGS and such

4 SB Nation

A (fake) ballot for the Hall of Fame


5—Pirates Prospects



Winter Leagues: Alen Hanson Returns Again, Sebastian Valle Continues to Hit


There Will Be No Need to Immediately Clear a Starting Spot for Jung-Ho Kang


6 Sporting News

Baseball's best: Ranking position players based on 10-year WAR totals


7 Green Weenie

12/29: Clyde Barnhart, Emil Brown, Jack Wilson, Bucs In; Steelers Out...




8 Rumbunter

What are the Pittsburgh Pirates getting in A.J. Burnett?


9 Bleacher Report

All 30 MLB Teams' Updated To-Do List Heading into the New Year


10 Viva El Birdos

What should we expect of Michael Wacha's shoulder in 2015?


NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media


11 ESPN

Strange But True feats of 2014


12 Detroit News

> Mensching: Justin Verlander should not be 'super reliever'</b>


13 Dallas Morning News

Former Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton: I'm lucky to be alive after substance-abuse problems


14 Call to the Pen

Kelly Johnson is an interesting free agent


15 USA Today 

Hall of Fame case: John Smoltz should squeak in on



16 CBS Sports

Nine possible spots for Max Scherzer: Star FA without a team, or a rumor


17 Baseball Prospectus

How to Vote Strategically for the Hall of Fame


18 Fangraphs

The Team Projections and You (National League)


Should Gerrit Cole Be Striking Out More Batters?



19 Sports on Earth

BALTIMORE'S BIGGEST NEED: PATIENCE


20 Just a Bit Outside

BREAKING THE HALL OF FAME LOGJAM