JAL’s Alley Oop Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6IpmmYSXA

Alley Oop  Hollywood Argyles  1960   16^th most popular song of 1960 based on a comic strip that was in most newspapers at the time.  The comic is still produced and appears in a number of newspapers.  The Hollywood Argyles did not exist, they were purely a studio band.

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.piratesprospects.com/st2015

BLOGS and such

6—Pirates Prospects

Projecting the 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates as a 90 Win Team

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/02/projecting-the-2015-pittsburgh-pirates-as-a-90-win-team.html

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Top Prospects: #1 – Tyler Glasnow

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/02/pittsburgh-pirates-2015-top-prospects-1-tyler-glasnow.html

7 Bucs Dugout

Projecting the 2015 Pirates: Runs scored, runs allowed and projected wins calculators

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2015/2/6/7992323/projecting-the-2015-pirates-runs-scored-runs-allowed-and-projected

Pirates' minor league rotations:  Altoona

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2015/2/6/7991989/pirates-minor-league-rotations-altoona

8 Green Weenie

2/6: Glenn Wright, Dale Long, Smoky, Richie Zisk, El Toro, Cutch, Jonathan Sanchez, Clint Hurdle, Ralph Kiner...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/02/26-joe-lonnett-adrian-brown-humberto.html

Here They Come: The Pitchers and Catchers

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/02/here-they-come-pitchers-and-catchers.html

9 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Show Well in MLB Network Top 10 Lists

http://rumbunter.com/2015/02/06/pittsburgh-pirates-mlb-top10-lists/

Jeff Locke - the forgotten member of the Pirates' rotation

http://rumbunter.com/2015/02/06/jeff-locke-forgotten-member-pirates-rotation/

10 WHYGAVS

ANDREW MCCUTCHEN < 500

http://whygavs.com/february-2015/andrew-mccutchen-500.html

11 SB Nation

> Commissioner Rob Manfred suggests innocent until proven guilty for Hall of Fame candidates</b>

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/2/6/7993803/commissioner-manfred-hall-of-fame-steroids

12 Bleacher Report

Power Ranking All 30 MLB Starting Rotations Entering Spring Training

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2351338-power-ranking-all-30-mlb-starting-rotations-entering-spring-training

13 Minor League Ball

How will Jung-Ho Kang translate to the Major Leagues?

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/2/6/7968027/how-will-jung-ho-kang-translate-to-the-major-leagues

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

14 St Louis Post Dispatch

10 Questions: Goold on the Cardinals

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/joe-strauss/strauss-sense-of-intrigue-with-cardinals/article_9b319f51-2571-5173-9109-5f20c19511e0.html

15 USA Today

Organizational report: Post-Jeter era starts for Yankees

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/02/06/new-york-yankees-organizational-report/22995839/

16 National Pastime Museum  

An Era Summed Up in One Game

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/era-summed-one-game

17 CBS Sports

Franchise bests/worsts: Oakland Athletics

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25060984/franchise-bestsworsts-oakland-athletics

18 Fangraphs

2015 ZiPS Projections – Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-zips-projections-pittsburgh-pirates/

19 Sports on Earth

THE NEW BULLPEN TREND

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/108565488/mlb-bullpen-closer-andrew-miller-cody-allen

20 Just a Bit Outside

SEARCHING FOR A COORS FIELD HANGOVER

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/searching-for-a-coors-field-hangover-020615

21 Baseball Prospectus

Fantasy Players to Avoid Shortstops

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25528

22 Bradenton Herald

Valencia wins in arbitration; Walker, Parker go to hearings

http://www.bradenton.com/2015/02/06/5623933_valencia-wins-in-arbitration-walker.html?rh=1