JAL’s Sometimes in Winter Morning Link

Sometimes in Winter BST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3nu-qmxM0w

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 Penn Live

Do pitchers automatically play better in contract year? Not so, the numbers say

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/12/do_pitchers_automatically_play.html

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

The Cardinals should draft Albert Pujols again

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/12/23/16813200/cardinals-albert-pujols-free-agency-mike-trout-marcell-ozuna-giancarlo-stanton-jd-martinez

8 Green Weenie

12/23: Jaso Inked; How Low Can You Go; HBD Goshen Schoolmaster, Sam, Cozy, Dave, Rick & Shawn

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/12/1223-jaso-inked-how-low-can-you-go-hbd.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

‘The Unconventional’ Cubs fan party

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/12/23/16814308/the-unconventional-cubs-fan-party

10 Pinstripe Alley

Why the Yankees' outfield logjam isn't all bad

https://www.pinstripealley.com/2017/12/23/16813210/yankees-outfield-logjam-stanton-judge-hicks-gardner-ellsbury-frazier-roster

11 MLB

Rays mascot Raymond met a former WWE champion and lived to tell about it

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/12/23/263990152

12 McCovey Chronicles

Is the Giants’ roster worth improving?

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/12/22/16803286/mlb-sf-giants-evan-longoria-christian-arroyo-tampa-bay-rays-the-giants-are-bad

13 BBC

Maguire Strikes Late as Leicester frustrate Man Utd

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42375896’

14 AZ Snakepit

Analysis of MLB Playoff Chances over 116 Years

https://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/12/23/16814174/analysis-of-playoff-chances-over-116-years

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 don't appear to be done re-tooling

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/12/23/16813762/the-yankees-dont-appear-to-be-done-re-tooling

17 CBS Sports

MLB Hot Stove: Ranking every team as a potential landing spot for Eric Hosmer

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-hot-stove-ranking-every-team-as-a-potential-landing-spot-for-eric-hosmer/

18 Fangraphs

The Dodgers’ Attempt to Beat the Market

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-dodgers-attempt-to-beat-the-market/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: Taking the Time You Need

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/36815/short-relief-taking-time-need/

20 Sports on Earth

A WORLD SERIES GAME 5 FOR THE AGES

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/263945142/world-series-game-5-astros-dodgers-2017