JAL's With Plenty of Money and You Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwmIu-3ZA4U

GENERAL DAILY UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

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

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

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

3 MLB Important Dates

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/important_dates.jsp

BLOGS and such

 

4—Pirates Prospects

First Pitch: How Much Do You Trust Ray Searage?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/12/first-pitch-how-much-do-you-trust-ray-searage.html

Pirates in the Mix For Ike Davis

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/12/pirates-in-the-mix-for-ike-davis.html

Pirates Unlikely to Make Rule 5 Pick; Could Lose Zack Thornton

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/12/pirates-unlikely-to-make-rule-5-pick-could-lose-zack-thornton.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Thoughts on the Pirates' Edinson Volquez deal

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/12/11/5202466/thoughts-on-the-pirates-edinson-volquez-deal

6 Rumbunter

Five Reasons Why I Like the Edinson Volquez Signing

http://rumbunter.com/2013/12/11/five-reasons-like-edinson-volquez-signing/

7 WHYGAVS

Charlie Morton gets an extension

http://www.whygavs.com/pittsburgh-pirates/october-2013/charlie-morton-gets-an-extension.html

8 Green Weenie

> Bucs Lock Up Morton

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/12/bucs-lock-up-morton.html

9 Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates Make Bad Decision To Sign Edinson Volquez

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/12/11/pittsburgh-pirates-make-bad-decision-to-sign-edinson-volquez/

10 City of Champions

Charlie Morton signs three-year contract extension with Pittsburgh Pirates

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/12/11/charlie-morton-signs-three-year-contract-extension-pittsburgh-pirates/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Pirates Site

Hurdle has new challenges after breakout '13 for Bucs

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/article/pit/manager-clint-hurdle-has-new-challenges-after-breakout-2013-for-pirates?ymd=20131211&content_id=64608668&vkey=news_pit

12 USA Today

Will new rule keep All-Star catchers behind the plate?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/12/11/will-top-hitting-mlb-catchers-remain-behind-the-plate/3994295/

13 Baltimore Sun

Major League Baseball's winter meetings [Pictures]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-major-league-baseballs-2013-winter-meetings-pictures,0,5066741.photogallery

14 ESPN

Scott Boras pokes Jay Z, teams

http://espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove13/story/_/id/10122518/scott-boras-takes-shots-jay-z-mlb-teams

15 Baseball Nation

Why Bobby Grich will never be a Hall of Famer

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/12/11/5199704/hall-fame-voting-committee-marvin-miller-veterans

16 The Morning Journal

Column: Baseball's Hall of Fame has too many double standards

http://www.morningjournal.com/sports/20131211/column-baseballs-hall-of-fame-has-too-many-double-standards

17 St Louis Post Dispatch

Next up for Carpenter? A front-office job, he hopes

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/next-up-for-carpenter-a-front-office-job-he-hopes/article_adece219-b5fd-5d3d-9d32-51226642f6f8.html

18 Cincinnati Enquirer

Yankees turn down Phillips trade, talks still continue

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131211/SPT04/312110159/Yankees-turn-down-Phillips-trade-talks-still-continue

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

Nine of Our First Front Office Hires

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22391

20 Fangraphs

> Locking Up the Second Charlie Morton

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/locking-up-the-second-charlie-morton/

21 Post Gazette

Bob Smizik: Pirates make smart deal with Morton

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/smizik-on-sports/2013/12/11/Bob-Smizik-Pirates-make-smart-deal-with-Morton/stories/201312110140

22 Tribune review

Pirates not yet talking extensions with Alvarez, Walker

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/5238339-74/arbitration-boras-alvarez#axzz2nGGpPAVS

Song: With Plenty of Money and You  Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Band