JAL’s I’ve Got Rings on My Fingers Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATIlXGfLE8

I’ve Got Rings on My Fingers   Blanche Ring  1909

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

4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

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

5 Pirates Prospects

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Spring Training Tracker

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/1/13/7539527/james-shields-free-agent-rumors

BLOGS and such

6—Pirates Prospects

Winter Leagues: Finals Begin in Dominican League Without Some Top Pirates Prospects

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/01/winter-leagues-finals-begin-in-dominican-league-without-some-top-pirates-prospects.html

Buster Olney Ranks Pirates’ Outfield as the Second Best in Majors

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/01/buster-olney-ranks-pirates-outfield-as-the-second-best-in-majors.html

7 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates: What To Do With Jung-ho Kang?

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2015/01/18/pittsburgh-pirates-jung-ho-kang/

8 Green Weenie

1/18: Hank Greenberg, Wandy Rodriguez...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/01/118-hank-greenberg-wandy-rodriguez.html

9 Rumbunter

Adrian Sampson Looks to Build on his Breakout Season

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/17/adrian-sampson-looks-build-breakout-season/

Francisco Cervelli is a Wild Card at Best

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/18/francisco-cervelli-wild-card-best/

10 Raise the Jolly Roger

The Kang Show

http://raisethejollyroger.com/2015/01/the-kang-show/

11 SB Nation

> Max Scherzer, Nationals agree to 7-year deal, per report</b>

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/1/19/7266555/max-scherzer-contract-nationals-tigers-mlb-free-agency

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 Yonhap News

(Yonhap Interview) New Pirate Kang Jung-ho feeling responsibility as trailblazer for S. Korean baseball

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/01/18/17/0702000000AEN20150118000900315F.html?input=www.twitter.com

13 Call to the Pen

Los Angeles Dodgers Ink Erik Bedard to Minor League Deal

http://calltothepen.com/2015/01/19/los-angeles-dodgers-ink-erik-bedard-minor-league-deal/

14 St Louis Post-Dispatch

Wacha says he's 'extremely healthy'

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/wacha-says-he-s-extremely-healthy/article_0720e3f9-85f6-5b8e-8b89-d6a498862eef.html

15 USA Today

Nationals to sign Max Scherzer to a long term deal

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/01/19/max-scherzer-nationals/21977249/

16 Cincinnati Enquirer 

NL Central becoming toughest division

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2015/01/17/national-league-central-division/21937647/

17 CBS Sports

To trade or not to trade? Examining Nationals' possibilities

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24976376/to-trade-or-not-to-trade-examining-nationals-possibilities

18 Fangraphs

Nationals Build Potential Super-Team, Add Max Scherzer

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/nationals-build-potential-super-team-add-max-scherzer/

19 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Report says Brewers and Rangers talking trade involving Gallardo

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/pitcher-yovani-gallardo-reportedly-being-traded-to-texas-rangers-b99428406z1-288982981.html

20 Just a Bit Outside

NATIONALS WON'T BE BETTER WITH MAX SCHERZER.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/washington-nationals-max-scherzer-not-better-011915

21 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Kang notes and Huntington transcript

http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates-pirates-blog/2015/01/16/More-on-Jung-Ho-Kang.html

22 Tribune Review

A bit more background on Kang

http://blog.triblive.com/bucco-blog/2015/01/18/a-bit-more-background-on-kang/#axzz3PGcx7Dz4

23 Baseball Prospectus

The Week in Quotes

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25385