JAL’s The Random Jig/The Grinder Morning Links

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tE1KkkmbgE

The Random Jig/The Grinder Richard Thompson

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 ESPN

MLB calendar and key dates

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?page=mlb_calendar

BLOGS and such

6 KDKA

Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle Talks Tough Decisions This Offseason

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/11/18/pirates-manager-clint-hurdle-talks-tough-decisions-this-offseason/

Dunlap: Huntington’s Words Seem To Signify End Of Pedro

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/11/18/dunlap-huntingtons-words-seem-to-signify-end-of-pedro/

7 Viva El Birdos

Why The Cardinals Should Spend this Offseason

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2015/11/18/9754192/why-the-cardinals-should-spend-this-offseason

8 Green Weenie

11/18: Pittsburgh Joins NL; Rincon Deal; HBD Jim & Rocky; Clint & Josh Honored; Russ Flies the Coop; Murtaugh To Pgh

 

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/11/1118-pittsburgh-joins-nl-rincon-deal.html

9 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates: Spring Training Schedule Is Set

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2015/11/18/pittsburgh-pirates-spring-training-schedule-is-set/

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Jake Arrieta Wins National League Cy Young Award

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/11/18/9757128/jake-arrieta-wins-national-league-cy-young-award

11 Reviewing the Brew

Milwaukee Brewers Trade Francisco Rodriguez

          

http://reviewingthebrew.com/2015/11/18/milwaukee-brewers-trade-francisco-rodriguez/

12 Rumbunter

Constructing an ideal Pittsburgh Pirates starting rotation </b>

http://rumbunter.com/2015/11/18/pittsburgh-pirates-ideal-rotation/

13 Baltimore Sun

  Orioles have held trade discussions with Pirates for Neil Walker

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-orioles-have-been-in-trade-discussions-with-pirates-for-neil-walker-20151118-story.html

14 National Pastime Museum

Whatever Became of Bill Faul, Anyway?

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/what-ever-became-bill-faul-anyway

15 St Louis Post Dispatch

Maddon tops Matheny for NL manager of the year

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/maddon-tops-matheny-for-nl-manager-of-the-year/article_a443bd44-0268-51a0-93da-49230a3083d3.html

16 USA Today

Yankees, Dodgers forecast a winter of austerity - but can we believe them?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/11/18/dodgers-yankees-luxury-tax-payroll-free-agents/76026296/

17 SB Nation   

David Ortiz is in the Hall of Fame of my heart, dammit

http://www.sbnation.com/2015/11/18/9756700/david-ortiz-retires-hall-of-fame-red-sox

18 CBS Sports

Astros' Dallas Keuchel wins 2015 AL Cy Young award

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25380130/dallas-keuchel-wins-al-cy-young-award

19 Fangraphs

Dick Williams on Transitioning the Cincinnati Model

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/dick-williams-on-transitioning-the-cincinnati-model/

20 Sports on Earth

DIPPING INTO THE MLB BARGAIN BIN

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/157643056/mlb-free-agency-bargain-bin-happ-lee-cabrera

21 Just a Bit Outside

THE PRICE OF PARTING WITH PROSPECTS

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/andrelton-simmons-craig-kimbrel-braves-red-sox-angels-padres-trade-prospects-hot-stove-111815

22 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Notes: Cole finishes fourth in Cy Young voting, Walker trade talks

http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates-pirates-blog/2015/11/18/Notes-Cole-finishes-fourth-in-Cy-Young-voting-Walker-trade-talks