Saturday, January 3, 2015

JAL’s Gonna Make It Through This Year Morning Links






Gonna Make It Through This Year  Great Lake Swimmers

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

Say hey, baseball: Ben Zobrist is probably getting traded

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/12/31/7473265/ben-zobrist-trade-rumors-max-scherzer-say-hey

5—Pirates Prospects



Andrew McCutchen Didn’t Hit Many Line Drives in 2014, But the Production Was There

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/01/andrew-mccutchen-didnt-hit-many-line-drives-in-2014-but-the-production-was-there.html



6 Bucs Dugout

Quiz: Pirates shortstops since 2005

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2015/1/3/7484401/quiz-pirates-shortstops-since-2005

7 Green Weenie

1/2: Sure Shot, Bill Wagner, Mad Dog and Mike Williams...



http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/01/12-sure-shot-bill-wagner-mad-dog-and.html

8 Rumbunter

What's the situation for the Pittsburgh Pirates behind the dish?

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/02/whats-situation-pittsburgh-pirates-behind-dish/

Mark Melancon Showing His Value for the Pirates

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/02/mark-melancon-showing-value-pirates/

9 Bleacher Report

Could Jung-Ho Kang Be the Pittsburgh Pirates' Franchise Shortstop?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2285561-could-jung-ho-kang-be-the-pittsburgh-pirates-franchise-shortstop

10 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Sports Predictions For 2015

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2015/01/02/pittsburgh-sports-predictions-2015/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media


11 Philadelphia Inquirer

Giving 'Em Fitz: A piece of Philadelphia's baseball history still stands

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20150104_Giving__Em_Fitz__A_piece_of_Philadelphia_s_baseball_history_still_stands.html

12 Vice Sports

> Inside the Mafia-Run World of Baseball Match-Fixing in Taiwan</b>

https://sports.vice.com/article/gray-area-inside-the-mafia-run-world-of-baseball-match-fixing-in-taiwan

13 Boston Globe

What is a baseball player’s prime age?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/01/02/what-baseball-player-prime-age/mS39neFWm4hrVukT6lSYuK/story.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Goold: Debating and ranking Hall of Fame candidates

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-debating-and-ranking-hall-of-fame-candidates/article_035be724-3a9f-55fa-9d24-549d9d44d5af.html

15 USA Today 

Hall of Fame case: Gary Sheffield's candidacy up for debate

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/01/02/gary-sheffield-hall-of-fame/21181855/

16 CBS Sports

Hall of Fame candidate breakdown: Sammy Sosa

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24931041/hall-of-fame-candidate-breakdown-sammy-sosa

17 Sweetspot

Schilling, Mussina better than Smoltz

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/54323/schilling-mussina-better-than-smoltz

18 Fangraphs

Ball-in-Play Leaders and Laggards: National League Hitters

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/ball-in-play-leaders-and-laggards-national-league-hitters/

19 Sports on Earth

BASEBALL'S BEST UTILITY PLAYERS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/105349810/mlbs-best-utility-players-ben-zobrist-josh-harrison-martin-prado

20 Just a Bit Outside

THE PREDICTABLE AGGRESSIVENESS OF A FIRST-YEAR GM


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