JAL’s Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home Morning Links

Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home  Susannah McCorkle

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

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 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

25 days until the Pittsburgh Pirates start Spring Training

https://rumbunter.com/2018/01/20/25-days-pittsburgh-pirates-start-spring-training/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Is Michael Wacha actually injury-prone?

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2018/1/20/16855956/cardinals-rotation-michael-wacha-injury-risk-or-maybe-not

8 Green Weenie

1/20 From the 50s Forward: Adam, Dotel, DJ Signed; Martin the Man; Roberto Makes TSN; HBD Brian & Cecil

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/01/120-from-50s-forward-adam-dotel-dj.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Randal Grichuk, modern-day Cubs killer, is headed to the American League

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/1/19/16911762/randal-grichuk-cubs-killer-traded-american-league

10 Pirates Breakdown

Outfield options that could be on the table for the Pittsburgh Pirates

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/01/19/pittsburgh-pirates-outfield-options/

11 New York Post

The best way to fix MLB’s pace of play problems

https://nypost.com/2018/01/20/the-best-way-to-fix-mlbs-pace-of-play-problems/

12 LA Times</b>

Tough decisions loom for Dodgers amid payroll concerns

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-payroll-hernandez-20180117-story.html

13 NY Daily News

Pace of play impasse may signal larger issue brewing between players union, MLB  

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/pace-play-impasse-signal-larger-issue-baseball-article-1.3768152

14 MLB

Wright opens up about his baseball future

https://www.mlb.com/news/david-wright-uncertain-about-comeback-chances/c-265053368

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  With Grichuk destined to sit often, Cardinals move him to Jays for young pitching

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/with-grichuk-destined-to-sit-often-cardinals-move-him-to/article_524a34be-d237-517a-ab73-7d7eda0cfad4.html

16 SB Nation

Let’s talk about Rafael Palmeiro

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/1/20/16912776/lets-talk-about-rafael-palmeiro-comeback

17 CBS Sports

The case against Jim Thome making it to the Hall of Fame is weak

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-case-against-jim-thome-making-it-to-the-hall-of-fame-is-weak/

18 Fangraphs

The MLBPA Has No Leverage

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-mlbpa-has-no-leverage/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: Robots, Mustaches, and Poetry

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/37197/short-relief-robots-mustaches-poetry/