JAL’s If We Make It Through December Morning Links

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TByT3QlWc

If We Make It Through December Merle Haggard 

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 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Report: Jordan Luplow

http://rumbunter.com/2015/12/12/pittsburgh-pirates-prospect-report-jordan-luplow/

7 Viva El Birdos

Life without Jason Heyward

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2015/12/12/9910794/life-without-jason-heyward

8 Green Weenie

12/12: HBD Phenomenal; Frankie Signed; Deals & Moves

 

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/12/1212-hbd-phenomenal-frankie-signed.html

Charlie Morton: Off to Philly as the Rebuild Continues

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/12/charlie-morton-off-to-philly-as-rebuild.html

9 Red Reporter

2015 in review: Jason Marquis

http://www.redreporter.com/2015/12/9/9880372/cincinnati-reds-links-winter-meetings

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Jason Heyward Contract Reported At 8 Years, $184 Million

http://www.redreporter.com/2015/12/11/9921620/2015-in-review-jason-marquis

11 WHYGAVS

PIRATES TRADE CHARLIE MORTON TO THE PHILLIES

          

http://whygavs.com/december-2015/pirates-trade-charlie-morton-to-the-phillies.html

12 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pirates eye more moves after Charlie Morton trade</b>

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2015/12/13/Pirates-eye-more-moves-after-Charlie-Morton-trade/stories/201512130174

Baseball's big offseason spenders have poor track records, so why do teams keep buying?

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2015/12/13/Baseball-s-big-offseason-spenders-have-poor-track-records-so-why-do-teams-keep-buying/stories/201512130077

13 Forbes

  Los Angeles Dodgers Are Baseball's Biggest Mystery

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2015/12/12/los-angeles-dodgers-are-baseballs-biggest-mystery/

14 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Brewers rebuilding will take some time

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/brewers-rebuilding-will-take-some-time-b99632446z1-361701841.html

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Cards must heal, regroup to battle Cubs

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-must-heal-regroup-to-battle-cubs/article_bc3884c3-26b5-5b09-b212-0d5ed75d8440.html

16 USA Today

GM Rizzo says Nationals won't pursue Aroldis Chapman

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/12/12/gm-rizzo-says-nats-wont-pursue-reliever-aroldis-chapman-now/77206752/

17 SB Nation   

A scary Cubs team just became terrifying

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/12/12/9948628/a-scary-cubs-team-just-became-terrifying

18 CBS Sports

2016 Hall of Fame ballot: Ausmus, Eckstein headline one-and-dones

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25410672/2016-hall-of-fame-ballot-ausmus-eckstein-headline-one-and-dones

19 Fangraphs

The Screwball: Comedy is in the (Baseball) Cards 5

http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-screwball-comedy-is-in-the-baseball-cards-5/

20 Sports on Earth

GM FOR A DAY: MARINERS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/159523606/seattle-mariners-gm-for-day-napoli-lincecum

21 Fox Sports

Did Cubs just buy themselves World Series title?

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago-cubs-did-theo-epstein-s-spending-spree-just-buy-them-a-world-series-title-121115