Wednesday, December 24, 2014

JAL’s Christmas Dragnet Morning Links




Christmas Dragnet  Stan Freberg and Daws Butler 


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 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsjN0zO-DxI0dDNkaWxFNWIwNDVUQzEwYXp5SlpGNkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0



BLOGS and such

4 SB Nation
Subtle offseason has Pirates in good position

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/12/23/7438853/pirates-free-agency-offseason-mlb-2014

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FHLRG6V

5—Pirates Prospects



First Pitch: Where Would Jung-Ho Kang Have Ranked in the 2015 Prospect Guide?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/12/first-pitch-where-would-jung-ho-kang-have-ranked-in-the-2015-prospect-guide.html

Pirates Sign Pitcher Adam Miller

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/12/pirates-sign-pitcher-adam-miller.html


6 Bucs Dugout

Blue Jays claim Preston Guilmet from Pirates

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/12/23/7443727/blue-jays-claim-preston-guilmet-from-pirates

7 Green Weenie

12/23-24: The Goshen Schoolmaster, Pud, Frank Taveras, Fire at Forbes Field...



http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2014/12/1223-24-goshen-schoolmaster-pud-frank.html

8 From Forbes to Federal

Pirates Farm System: High Upside Pitching Prospects

http://fromforbestofederal.com/pirates-farm-system-high-upside-pitching-prospects/

9 AL Com

Atlanta Braves sign former All-Star closer

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/12/atlanta_braves_sign_former_all.html

10 Crawfish Boxes

Wishing the Astros will be like the 2012 Pirates, in a good way

http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2014/12/23/7440917/wishing-the-astros-will-be-like-the-2012-pirates-in-a-good-way

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 National Pastime Museum

Playing for Laughs-Baseball's Classic Clowns

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/playing-laughs-baseballs-classic-clowns


12 St Louis Post-Dispatch

> Cards sign Walden</b>

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-sign-walden/article_6c484d7e-dc78-5af7-a06e-ed6f7737bf27.html


13 Allied News

EXTRA INNINGS: Can you go home again? The Pirates think so

http://www.alliednews.com/sports/extra-innings-can-you-go-home-again-the-pirates-think/article_e6c71646-8ac0-11e4-ab79-4732f61c6418.html

14 MLB

Can Kang provide plenty of bang for Bucs?

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/104738440/phil-rogers-can-jung-ho-kang-provide-plenty-of-bang-for-pirates

15 Sweetspot  

Is Yasiel Puig baseball's worst baserunner?

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/54131/yasiel-puig-and-baseballs-bad-baserunners


16 CBS Sports

Hall of Fame candidate breakdown: Roger Clemens

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24913019/hall-of-fame-candidate-breakdown-roger-clemens

17 Baseball Prospectus

Seven Items That Tell the Story of Baseball in 2014

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25257

18 Fangraphs

Examining the Projected Team Defenses

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/examining-the-projected-team-defenses/

19 Sports on Earth

WHO WILL WIN IT ALL IN 2015?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/104798342/nfl-nba-mlb-nhl-championship-likelihood-2015-new-year-predictions

20 Just a Bit Outside

IF PIRATES SIGN KANG, THEN WHAT?


http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/pittsburgh-pirates-korean-shortstop-jungho-kang-122314
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