Morning Links October 13

JAL’s Take Five Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHdU5sHigYQ

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 Pittsburgh Pirates Stats

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsjN0zO-DxI0dHVOMzdPYm9wUEJtdVJ0WWUzVWhFc2c#gid=0

BLOGS and such

 

4—Pirates Prospects

Winter League Recap: Pirates in the Venezuelan League Get Their Season Started

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/winter-league-recap-pirates-in-the-venezuelan-league-get-their-season-started.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Indianapolis season review

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/10/11/4766926/indianapolis-season-review

Altoona season review

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/10/12/4787890/altoona-season-review

6 Rumbunter

VIDEO: Best Seat in Baseball

http://rumbunter.com/2013/10/11/video-best-seat-baseball/

7 From Forbes to Federal

Video: Marlon Byrd Pirates Highlights

http://fromforbestofederal.com/2013/10/12/video-marlon-byrd-pirates-highlights/

8 The Green Weenie

Summer To Remember Part 3 - All Star Break Through August

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/10/summer-to-remember-part-3-all-star.html

9 IS Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates: Season ends but the beginning is now

http://isportsweb.com/2013/10/12/pittsburgh-pirates-season-ends-beginning-now/

10 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates: Grading the 2013 catchers

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/10/12/pittsburgh-pirates-grading-2013-catchers/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Rant Sports

Can Pittsburgh Pirates Improve In 2014 Without A.J. Burnett?

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/10/12/can-pittsburgh-pirates-improve-in-2014-without-a-j-burnett/

12 New York Times

Sports Legends Selling Relics? Hey, That Glove Really Is Gold

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/sports/sports-legends-selling-relics-hey-that-glove-really-is-gold.html?_r=0

13 Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Thanks for the memories

http://newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/579045/Thanks-for-the--memories.html?nav=5064

14 Detroit Free Press

Jeff Seidel: No no-hitter? No problem! Tigers get the win they needed

http://www.freep.com/article/20131013/COL38/310130090/Jeff-Seidel-No-no-hitter-No-problem-Tigers-get-win-they-needed

15 USA Today

No history, just business: Tigers one-hit Red Sox

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/10/13/boston-red-sox-detroit-tigers-alcs-game-1/2974205/

16 Beaver County Times

Pirates Off-season Analysis: An in-depth look at the roster

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/pirates/pirates-off-season-analysis-an-in-depth-look-at-the/article_b67919fa-d9ff-5b50-8c19-3d41de9c7c07.html

17 St Louis Post Dispatch

Cards squeak by LA, lead NLCS 2-0

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-squeak-by-la-lead-nlcs/article_8c9755b6-6e73-5f93-9795-80fb4215943b.html

18 LA Times

Dodgers' title hopes take a one-two punch in St. Louis

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-1013-plaschke-dodgers-20131013,0,3757208.column#axzz2hPSiPGzu

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Sweetspot

Root, root, root for the underdogs

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/41457/root-root-root-for-the-underdogs

20 Fangraphs

San Jose’s Case Against MLB Down To One State Claim

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/san-jose-mlb-oakland-athletics-antitrust-lawsuit-court-order/

21 Post Gazette

Final report card: Opening the grade book on the 2013 Pirates

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/pirates/final-report-card-opening-the-grade-book-on-the-2013-pirates-707372/

22 Tribune review

Viewing the Pirates' future through a new prism

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/4867077-74/pirates-million-season#axzz2hbA43tV3