JAL’s Two Blocks Down, Turn to the Left Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiGH7hR6yto

Two Blocks Down, Turn to the Left Mills Brothers

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

Pittsburgh Pirates: Best Center Fielder?

http://rumbunter.com/2016/02/02/pittsburgh-pirates-best-centerfielder/

     

7 Viva El Birdos

How many starting pitchers will the Cardinals need in 2016?

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/2/2/10871128/cardinals-rotation-injury-risk

8 Green Weenie

2/2: Hall Calls For Burleigh, Schoolboy, Freddie; HBD Manny, Ronny, Travis; Contract Clashes

 

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2016/02/22-hall-calls-for-burleigh-schoolboy.html

9 Pittsburgh Sporting News

Pirates mailbag: Vogelsong, really?

http://www.pittsburghsportingnews.com/pirates-mailbag-vogelsong-really/30785

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

2016 Cubs Spring Training Countdown: 17 Days

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/2/2/10893662/2016-cubs-spring-training-countdown-17-days

11 Innings Eaters

Could the Pittsburgh Pirates Have Gotten More in the Neil Walker Trade?

          

http://inningseaters.sportsblog.com/posts/11818025/could-the-pittsburgh-pirates-have-gotten-more-in-the-neil-walker-trade-.html

12 Sporting News

Ex-minor leaguer with TV star uncle charged in bizarre pizza theft </b>

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4693585-cory-mcginnis-arrested-break-in-pittsburgh-pizza-sleep-tim-allen-uncle-home-improvement

13 San Gabriel Valley News

Whittier College to honor Jim “Mudcat” Grant

http://www.sgvtribune.com/sports/20160202/whittier-college-to-honor-jim-mudcat-grant

14 Today’s Knuckleball

Lincecum’s Mechanics Could Make Him Difficult to Fix

http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/national-league/san-francisco-giants/lincecums-mechanics-could-make-him-difficult-to-fix/

15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinals' top prospects show potential, but require patience

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/cardinals-top-prospects-show-potential-but-require-patience/article_9b5d2e93-58be-5b15-92b6-de791b9a5a0e.html

16 USA Today

Organizational report: Flush with talent, Astros future bright

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/02/02/organizational-report-flush-talent-astros-future-bright/79706002/

17 SB Nation   

The teams built to win now, and the teams built to win later around baseball

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/2/2/10893970/baseball-standings-projections-windows-graphs-charts-chartsengrafs

18 CBS Sports

Kershaw on lack of DH in NL: 'It's just a better game. It really is'

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25470676/kershaw-on-lack-of-dh-in-nl-its-just-a-better-game-it-really-is

19 Fangraphs

Seven Men Out: The Stories of the Non-Joe Jackson Black Sox

http://www.hardballtimes.com/seven-men-out-the-stories-of-the-non-joe-jackson-black-sox/

20 Sports on Earth

STOP DOUBTING LEICESTER CITY

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/163488876/leicester-city-beats-liverpool-2-0-recap-epl

21 Fox Sports

After years marked by tragedy, frustration, can Jean Segura blossom in desert?

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/jean-segura-arizona-diamondbacks-milwaukee-brewers-trade-shortstop-death-son-fresh-start-020216