JAL’s Saturday Night at the Movies Morning Links

Saturday Night at the Movies The Drifters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB08hqjJnPo

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 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

6 Rumbunter

Friday afternoon Gerrit Cole rumors and reports

https://rumbunter.com/2017/12/22/friday-afternoon-gerrit-cole-update/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

The problem with looking too far ahead

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/12/22/16792690/the-problem-with-looking-too-far-ahead

8 Green Weenie

12/22 Happenings: Teke, Todd, Dewey, GI Jones Sign; Korean Bid For JHK Wins; Mazzilli Deal; Dan Galbreath Prez; Tiger Growls; Arky Takes Title; Feds Fold;

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/12/1222-happenings-teke-todd-dewey-gi.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

BCB interview: Kerry Wood

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/12/22/16807284/bcb-interview-kerry-wood

10 Pirates Breakdown

Has Gerrit Cole lived up to being a No. 1 pick?

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/12/22/pittsburgh-pirates-gerrit-cole-draft/

11 The Point of Pittsburgh

A 2017 Pirates Festivus For The Rest Of Us

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/9755-2/

12 Sports Talk Philly

Middleton: Price for Cole, Archer "an arm and a leg"

http://www.sportstalkphilly.com/2017/12/middleton-price-for-cole-archer-an-arm-and-a-leg.html

13 Yahoo Sports

Major League Baseball complained to ESPN about Dan LeBatard’s interview of Rob Manfred

https://sports.yahoo.com/major-league-baseball-complained-espn-224311719.html

14 Ballpark Digest

Ballparks That Live On: Forbes Field

https://ballparkdigest.com/2017/12/22/ballparks-that-live-on-forbes-field/

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  ESPN buying Fox Sports Midwest; impact on Cards, Blues telecasts uncertain

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/espn-buying-fox-sports-midwest-impact-on-cards-blues-telecasts/article_b1f784be-83ec-5e8f-b393-17912c6dda13.html

16 SB Nation

The Yankees and Pirates have been dancing around a Gerrit Cole trade for weeks

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/12/22/16811004/yankees-pirates-gerrit-cole-trade-rumors

17 CBS Sports

MLB Hot Stove rumors: Yankees still working on a trade for Gerrit Cole

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-hot-stove-rumors-yankees-still-working-on-a-trade-for-gerrit-cole/

18 Fangraphs

Dear Santa: Or, What I Want for Baseball Christmas

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/dear-santa-or-what-i-want-for-baseball-christmas/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Cold Takes: Diary of an Old Young Man

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/36807/cold-takes-diary-old-young-man/

20 Sports on Earth

NEXT YEAR'S MLB FREE-AGENT FRENZY

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/263932394/2018-19-baseball-free-agent-rankings-early