JAL’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c

Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 2005

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

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

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

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

3 BFFL’s 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsjN0zO-DxI0dDNkaWxFNWIwNDVUQzEwYXp5SlpGNkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

4 Cot’s Baseball Contracts

Potential 2015 Free Agents

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/league-info/potential-free-agents-for-2015/

BLOGS and such

5—Pirates Prospects

First Pitch: Your 2017 World Series Champions, the Chicago Cubs?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/10/first-pitch-your-2017-world-series-champions-the-chicago-cubs.html

AFL: Scouting Reports and Video For Tyler Glasnow and Josh Bell

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/10/afl-scouting-reports-and-video-for-tyler-glasnow-and-josh-bell.html

2014 Recaps: Pirates Showed You Don’t Have to Spend Big to Upgrade the Bullpen

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/10/2014-recaps-pirates-showed-you-dont-have-to-spend-big-to-upgrade-the-bullpen.html

6 Bucs Dugout

Why 'A New Pirate Generation' needs to go

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/10/28/7064639/why-a-new-pirate-generation-needs-to-go

7 Green Weenie

10/29: Solly, Fido and Jim Bibby......

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2014/10/1029-solly-fido-and-jim-bibby.html

8 Rumbunter

Madison Bumgarner Elicits Chuck Norris-eque Twitter Fire

http://rumbunter.com/2014/10/30/madison-bumgarner-elicits-chuck-norris-eque-twitter-fire/

9 WHYGAVS

Front-loading Russell Martin’s contract

http://whygavs.com/october-2014/front-loading-russell-martins-contract.html

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

10 USA Today

Nightengale: Giants win World Series with a 1-man rotation

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/10/29/world-series-game-7-giants-royals-madison-bumgarner/18156531/

11 KDKA

> The Pirates Hot Stove Report With Colin Dunlap: Oct. 29, 2014

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/10/29/the-pirates-hot-stove-report-with-colin-dunlap-oct-29-2014/

12 SB Nation

Giants give Royals a lesson in old school in Game 7

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/10/30/7130479/world-series-2014-game-7-giants-win-royals-madison-bumgarner

13 NY Times

A Game That Cements Reputations, Not Always for the Better

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/sports/baseball/a-game-that-cements-reputations-not-always-for-the-better.html?_r=0

14 SF Gate        

Giants beat Royals in Game 7 for 3rd title in 5 years

http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/YES-YES-YES-5857204.php

15 CBS Sports

Giants, a great team, win again thanks to all-time individual performance

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24774541/giants-a-great-team-win-again-thanks-to-alltime-individual-performance

16 Wall Street Journal</b>

Giants Rule the World Once Again

http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-giants-rule-the-world-once-again-1414641031

17 Wichita Eagle</b>

Bob Lutz: One left arm reduces a storybook ending by a final chapter

http://www.kansas.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/bob-lutz/article3460888.html

18 St. Louis Post Dispatch </b>

Bernie: Matheny is right, Cards are family

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-matheny-is-right-cards-are-family/article_01e5ac2e-7251-54d3-95e9-eff2025d8f31.html

19 Baseball Prospectus

The Problem With Lists

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=24943

20 Fangraphs

The Highest-Leverage Moments in Baseball History

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-highest-leverage-moments-in-baseball-history/

21 Sports on Earth

Ranking Baseball's Dynasties

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/100058596/baseball-dynasties-ranking-giants-yankees

22 Just a Bit Outside

Dynasty? Not quite

                                                                 

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/giants-2-world-series-are-impressive-but-not-quite-a-dynasty-103014