Sunday, February 15, 2015

JAL’s Sail On Morning Links









Sail On The Commodores  1979  98th most popular song of the year but the pirates sailed on in 1979.  

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions


2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates


3 BFFL’s 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet


4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection



5 Pirates Prospects

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Spring Training Tracker



BLOGS and such


6—Pirates Prospects



Draft Prospect Watch: Kyle Funkhouser Pitches Gem, Josh Staumont Hits Triple Digits



7 Sweetspot

A look back at 2014 pre-spring rankings


8 Green Weenie

2/14: The Keystones, Earl Smith, Damaso Marte & Kevin McClatchy...





9 Rumbunter

Andrew McCutchen Issues Challenge for Major League Baseball


Jared Hughes: A tale of two seasons - what's ahead for 2015?


NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

10 News 13

Tim Wakefield Batting Facility unveiled at Florida Tech



11 Boston Globe

> Ranking the big league managers</b>




12 Beaver County Times

Pirates Spring Training Preview: Five intriguing players heading into spring



13 New York Times

The Coming Silly Season: Baseball’s 2015 Calendar of the Absurd



14 St Louis Post Dispatch

Cards camp: A quiet before the storm


15 USA Today

Andrew McCutchen offers eye-opening perspective on Little League scandal


16 National Pastime Museum  

Playing for Laughs: Baseballs Classic Clowns


17 CBS Sports

Grading the Offseason: NL East



18 Fangraphs

A King in Exile and The Cubs’ First Curse




19 Sports on Earth

TOP 10 WINTER DEALS RECAP



20 Just a Bit Outside

THE FULL MEANING OF SIGNING A MINOR-LEAGUE DEAL


21 Baseball Prospectus

Fantasy Freestyle:  LABR Mixed Recap




22 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pirates Spring Training 2015: Battles for position


Pirates growing payroll is good, bad news


The top five questions of the spring training to come ...



23Tribune Review

Pirates' pitchers strive to be more productive at plate