Morning Links October 15

Song Four Little Diamonds ELO

JAL’s Four Little Diamonds Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O-IdK78MnY

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Season Recap: Second Base

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/pittsburgh-pirates-2013-season-recap-second-base.html

First Pitch: There is No Need to Extend Neil Walker

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/first-pitch-there-is-no-need-to-extend-neil-walker.html

AFL Recap: Hanson Triples, Makes Two Errors in Loss

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/afl-recap-hanson-triples-makes-two-errors-in-loss.html

5 Bucs Dugout

The danger of getting too attached to the 2013 Pirates

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/10/14/4837368/the-danger-of-getting-too-attached-to-the-2013-pirates

6 Rumbunter

2013 Pittsburgh Pirates: Nate Silver’s System Was A Bit Off

http://rumbunter.com/2013/10/14/2013-pittsburgh-pirates-nate-silvers-system-get-wrong/

7 Three Rivers Burgh Blog

Starling Marte And Getting Hit By Pitches

http://www.threeriversburghblog.com/2013/10/starling-marte-and-getting-hit-by.html

8 The Green Weenie

Summer To Remember Epilogue: Wild Card & NLDS In Buctober

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/10/summer-to-remember-epilogue-wild-card.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 should let free-agent pitcher A.J. Burnett walk

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/10/14/pittsburgh-pirates-let-free-agent-pitcher-j-burnett-walk/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates Smart To Focus On Future This Winter

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/10/14/pittsburgh-pirates-smart-to-focus-on-future-this-winter/

12 Hartford Courant

John McDonald Has The Best Seat In House For Red Sox Games

http://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/hc-john-mcdonald-1015-20131014,0,329864.story

13 Wall Street Journal

Does Defense Even Matter Anymore?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304561004579135801076172672.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_sports

14 Detroit Free Press

Jeff Seidel: Red Sox Nation invades town with attitude, but Tigers fans undeterred

http://www.freep.com/article/20131015/COL38/310150036/detroit-tigers-boston-red-sox

15 Boston Herald

Verlander vs. Victorino

http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/boston_red_sox/2013/10/verlander_vs_victorino

16 PBC Site

Pirates' Taillon removed from Fall League roster

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/pirates-top-prospect-jameson-taillon-leaves-arizona-fall-league-early-due-to-tweaked-groin?ymd=20131014&content_id=62936664&vkey=news_pit

17 St Louis Post Dispatch

Bernie: Blasé Birds let Dodgers climb back into series

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-blas-birds-let-dodgers-climb-back-into-series/article_031e96f4-b554-506e-a1b2-b776faf5df29.html

Cardinals suffer letdown in LA

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-suffer-letdown-in-la/article_cda87d93-d376-5e1c-8dc1-d42b77cdee30.html

18 LA Times

Hanley Ramirez, Andre Ethier make sure Cardinals hurt worse

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-1015-plaschke-dodgers-20131015,0,7427228.column#axzz2hmoKO6Ks

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

Does Postseason Experience Really Matter?

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22039

20 Fangraphs

There’s No Right Way to Build a Playoff Rotation

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/theres-no-right-way-to-build-a-playoff-rotation/

21 Post Gazette

The Morning File / As figure of speech, let's all shower off with Clint Hurdle

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/morning-file/the-morning-file-as-figure-of-speech-lets-all-shower-off-with-clint-hurdle-707506/