JAL’s I’m a Believer Morning Links

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

I’m A Believer  The Monkees  Spent 7 weeks at number 1 in late 1968 and early 1967.  Written by Neil Diamond

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 2015 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yqsKbP9Dr1sn4WnwuNO1iJ3SJ3OiBvhZp9XvyU2QpC0/edit#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

6 MLB

Pirates Broadcast Schedule

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/schedule/broadcast/index.jsp?c_id=pit

BLOGS and such

7 Blog Red Machine

Cincinnati Reds: Two Things to Watch in the Final Days of Camp

http://blogredmachine.com/2015/03/24/cincinnati-reds-two-things-to-watch-in-the-final-days-of-camp/

8 Viva El Birdos</b>

2015 VEB Community projections: Adam Wainwright

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2015/3/25/8286681/2015-st-louis-cardinals-projections-adam-wainwright-veb-community

9 Green Weenie

3/25: Bucs Bring In Jay Bell, Vanimal; Maz Hurt in Camp; Lee Mazzilli's B-Day

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/03/325-bucs-bring-in-jay-bell-vanimal-maz.html

Spring Battles Still Unsettled...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/03/spring-battles-still-unsettled.html

10 Rumbunter

Forbes tabs Pittsburgh PIrates as 17th most valuable club

http://rumbunter.com/2015/03/25/pittsburgh-pirates-seventeen-forbes/

Comparing the Pittsburgh Pirates to the National League's best teams (Part 2)

http://rumbunter.com/2015/03/25/comparing-the-pittsburgh-pirates-to-the-national-leagues-best-teams-part-2/

Is it officially time to worry about Jung-ho Kang?

http://rumbunter.com/2015/03/25/is-it-officially-time-to-worry-about-jung-ho-kang/

11 From Forbes to Federal

> The Diminishing Power of Corey Hart</b>

http://fromforbestofederal.com/corey-hart-power-pirates-2015/

12 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Forbes: Cubs 5th In Annual MLB Team Value Ranking

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/3/25/8291253/forbes-cubs-5th-mlb-team-value

13 Reviewing the Brew

Milwaukee Brewers' Adam Lind Has Been Worth the Wait

http://reviewingthebrew.com/2015/03/25/milwaukee-brewers-adam-lind-has-been-worth-the-wait/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

14 KDKA

Pirates Are Aware Of High Expectations For 2015 Season

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/03/24/pirates-are-aware-of-high-expectations-for-2015-season/

15 St Louis Post Dispatch

Bernie: Can't get rid of Kozma

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-can-t-get-rid-of-kozma/article_bf6bdddf-50e7-57b4-9b89-0d0bf2c2133b.html

16 USA Today</b>

The shift: 'Days of complete resistance are over'

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/03/25/mlb-adapting-to-a-defensive-shift/70447588/

17 SB Nation   

Andrew McCutchen cut his glorious long hair

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/3/25/8289215/andrew-mccutchen-haircut-pirates

18 CBS Sports

2015 MLB team preview: Milwaukee Brewers

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25122418/mlb-team-preview-milwaukee-brewers

19 Fangraphs

2015 Positional Power Rankings: Short Stop

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-positional-power-rankings-shortstop/

2015 Positional Power Rankings: Third Base

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-positional-power-rankings-third-base/

20 Sports on Earth

2015'S HOME RUN CROWN CONTENDERS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/114700296/2015s-home-run-crown-contenders-jose-bautista-giancarlo-stanton

21 Just a Bit Outside

THE KRIS BRYANT BREAK-EVEN POINT

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/chicago-cubs-kris-bryant-homer-prospect-minor-leagues-spring-training-cba-032515

22 Baseball Prospectus

Every Team's Moneyball:  Baltimore Orioles: Unearth

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25885

23 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Radhames Liz trying to be in control of fate with Pirates

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2015/03/26/BUCS0326/stories/201503260015

Pirates' McCutchen sheds locks to benefit charity

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2015/03/25/Pirates-McCutcheon-sheds-locks-to-benefit-charity/stories/201503250181

Bob Smizik: A look at the Pirates' likely lineup

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/smizik-on-sports/2015/03/26/Bob-Smizik-A-look-at-the-Pirates-likely-lineup/stories/201503260145

24 NBC Sports

2015 Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/25/2015-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/

25 Fosters Daily Democrat

Another step up the ladder for Fransoso

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID%3D/20150325/GJSPORTS_01/150329681/0/SEARCH

26 Chicago Sun Times</b>

Cubs' Ricketts reveals Wrigley renovation might take extra year

http://chicago.suntimes.com/baseball/7/71/470794/cubs-ricketts-reveals-wrigley-renovation-might-take-extra-year

27 National Pastime Museum

Gleason Throws Up on Sinatra; Thompson Also Homers

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/gleason-throws-sinatra-thomson-also-homers

28 Asylum Prediction Contest

http://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2015/03/2015-asylum-prediction-contest.html