JAL’s Let It Snow Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE

Let It Snow  Dean Martin

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 2016 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/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

Pirates Schedule in Puerto Rico Finally Set

http://rumbunter.com/2016/01/23/roberto-clemente-day-games-in-puerto-rico/

     

7 Viva El Birdos

ZiPS projections like the Cardinals more than Steamer

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/1/22/10815980/cardinals-projections-zips-v-steamer-2016

8 Green Weenie

1/23: Billy for Rabbit Deal; Kiner Gets the Call; HBD Kurt & Benny

 

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2016/01/123-billy-for-rabbit-deal-kiner-gets.html

9 Baltimore Sun

Orioles' surprising offseason spending spree no surprise to Buck Showalter

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-schmuck-column-0124-20160122-column.html

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

2016 Cubs Spring Training Countdown: 27 Days

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/1/23/10815288/2016-cubs-spring-training-countdown-27-days

11 Boston Globe

Which MLB teams improved, which took step back?b>

          

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/01/23/nick-cafardo-which-mlb-teams-improved-and-which-took-step-back/aIWHoXU0izIfJkgKydCumN/story.html

12 Today’s Knuckleball

Cardinals are the Patriots of Major League Baseball</b>

http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/national-league/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-are-the-patriots-of-major-league-baseball/

13 Pittsburgh Sporting News

Is now the time for the Pirates to extend Polanco’s contract?

http://www.pittsburghsportingnews.com/is-now-the-time-for-the-pirates-to-extend-polancos-contract/30586

14 ESPN

Over-examining plays through replay isn't good for baseball

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14618257/reimagining-baseball-keep-replay-going-too-far

15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinals hope to get Peralta more rest

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-hope-to-get-peralta-more-rest/article_a205d580-df05-5e0f-91e7-9aa2afe41042.html

16 USA Today

With Yoenis Cespedes back, Mets can finally exhale

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/01/23/yoenis-cespedes-mets/79221912/

17 SB Nation   

Mike Trout, secret meteorologist, reported on Snowmageddon for the Weather Channel

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/1/23/10820428/mike-trout-snowmageddon-weather-channel-angels

18 CBS Sports

The NFL is a league of parity, but so is Major League Baseball

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25459420/the-nfl-is-a-league-of-parity-but-so-is-major-league-baseball

19 Fangraphs

One City Producing a World Series and Super Bowl Winner

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/one-city-producing-a-world-series-and-super-bowl-winner/

20 Sports on Earth

NEW WAYS TO EVALUATE CATCHERS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/162681558/mlb-effect-expanded-catcher-statistics

21 Fox Sports

Why Mets Are Clear Favorites to Repeat as NL East Champions

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/new-york-mets-yoenis-cespedes-nl-east-repeat-harvey-degrom-syndergaard-matz-wright-colon-012316