JAL’s Counting Flowers on the Wall Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY8TA6RwkZk

Counting Flowers on the Wall  Statler Brothers

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

4 BFFL’s Pirates Stats Spreadsheet and Prediction Contest

First link is to new 2017 sheets but no data yet while second link is to 2016 data

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wMRQrWaQaLQvSs502k6qTzds_6JOlKjzNeaUNLtNLyc/edit#gid=0

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=775822168

5 Foo’s Survey Results

https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-JQSJYQNF/

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates: MLB Pipeline Top 10 Third Base Prospects

http://rumbunter.com/2017/01/25/pittsburgh-pirates-mlb-pipeline-top-10-third-base-prospects/

7 Viva El Birdos

The ‘Cardinals are cheap’ narrative is back

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/1/25/14382594/the-cardinals-are-cheap-narrative-is-back

8 Green Weenie

1/25: Roberto Gets $100K; Joe & Hank HoF; HBD Gregg & Dan

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/01/125-roberto-gets-100k-joe-hank-hof-hbd.html

9 Red Reporter

2017 Red Reporter Community Prospect Rankings: Sal Romano Is Your #12 Prospect!

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/1/25/14378712/2017-red-reporter-community-prospect-rankings-sal-romano-is-your-12

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Another Pre-Spring Training Look At The Cubs’ Projected 25-Man Roster

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/1/25/14382932/pre-spring-training-cubs-projected-25-man-roster

11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates 2017 Prospect Projections: Cole Tucker

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/01/25/pittsburgh-pirates-2017-prospect-projections-cole-tucker/

12 Knoxville News Sentinel

Michael McKenry to speak at Farragut's Diamond Dinner </b>

http://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/01/25/michael-mckenry-speak-farraguts-diamond-dinner/97055642/

13 Outside Pitch

Top ten Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects in 2017: #4 Mitch Keller

http://www.outsidepitchmlb.com/mitch-keller/61794

14 Forbes

How Being Humiliated Can Make You A Great Leader

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2017/01/25/how-being-humiliated-can-make-you-a-great-leader/#8b0188b4bdd1

15 The Oconee Enterprise

Oconee remembers Fricks

http://www.oconeeenterprise.com/news/article_b0fb9122-e342-11e6-b8b2-6b683f40c610.html

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Cardinals chat with Rick Hummel

http://sports.live.stltoday.com/Event/Cardinals_chat_with_Rick_Hummel_2?Page=0

17 SB Nation   

What kind of baseball team could you make from the remaining free agents?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/1/25/14364938/mlb-free-agents-offseason-almost-kinda-warm-stove-but-not-quite

18 CBS Sports

Here's the next Rays player likely to be traded, and his four potential landing spots

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/heres-the-next-rays-player-likely-to-be-traded-and-his-four-potential-landing-spots/

19 Fangraphs

Baseball Is Amazing and Stupid: A Quiz

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/baseball-is-amazing-and-stupid-a-quiz/

20 Fox Sports

5 reasons why the MLB trade deadline will be insane

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/trade-deadline-insane-andrew-mccutchen-brian-dozier-royals-tigers-pirates-twins-012617

21 Baseball Prospectus

Whack-A-Mole Artists

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31050

22 Sports on Earth

THE BEST OF BRENT MUSBURGER

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/214353780/brent-musburger-retires-best-moments-abc-cbs