JAL’s Happy New Year Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JAUWijM

Happy New Year ABBA

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—Blog Red Machine

Why acquiring Marlon Byrd was a sound decision

http://blogredmachine.com/2015/01/01/acquiring-marlon-byrd-sound-decision/

6 Baseball GB

NL Central: Off-season so far

http://www.baseballgb.co.uk/?p=18583

7 Green Weenie

1/1: Gunner McGunnigle, Hammerin' Hank Greenberg, Josh Gibson...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/01/11-gunner-mcgunnigle-hammerin-hank.html

8 Rumbunter

What will Pedro Alvarez give the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2015?

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/01/will-pedro-alvarez-give-pittsburgh-pirates-2015/

Jordy Mercer's Future With the Pirates

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/01/jordy-mercers-future-pirates/

9 City of Champions

My Pittsburgh Sports Person Of The Year For 2014

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2015/01/01/pittsburgh-sports-person-year-2014/

10 Channel3000

1,000 baseball, football cards lost in mail

http://www.channel3000.com/news/1-000-baseball-football-cards-lost-in-mail/30493126

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 New Yorker

Remembering Mario Cuomo

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/remembering-mario-cuomo

12 Boston Herald

> Super Mega Baseball’ pitches perfectly</b>

http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2015/01/super_mega_baseball_pitches_perfectly

13 New York Daily News

Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2015: You make the call! Which players would you vote into Cooperstown?

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/baseball-hall-fame-vote-cooperstown-article-1.2062203

14 Baseball Prospectus

How NOT to Consume the Positional Series

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25282

15 USA Today 

Baseball greets new year with old business

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/01/02/major-league-baseball-new-year-trades-max-scherzer-james-shields-alex-rodriguez/21169545/

16 CBS Sports

Hall of Fame candidate breakdown: Don Mattingly

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24927616/hall-of-fame-candidate-breakdown-don-mattingly

17 Sports Illustrated

Matt Harvey, Joey Votto among players very happy it's a new year

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/01/01/matt-harvey-joey-votto-happy-new-year

18 Fangraphs

KATOH: Forecasting Major League Hitting with Minor League Stats

http://www.hardballtimes.com/katoh-forecasting-a-hitters-major-league-performance-with-minor-league-stats/

19 Sports on Earth

ARE 'HOMETOWN DISCOUNTS' EXTINCT?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/105239136/mlb-hot-stove-offseason-max-scherzer-hometown-discounts

20 Just a Bit Outside

WHAT WOULD 'STRATEGIC' HALL OF FAME VOTING LOOK LIKE?

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/what-would-strategic-hall-of-fame-voting-look-like-010115