Morning Links October 19

 

Song One Meatball Old song recorded by many, including Josh White and the AndrewsSisters

JAL’s One Meatball Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li0qPwn4U8Y

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

AFL Recap: Phil Irwin Throws Three Shutout Innings, Dickerson Provides Walk-Off Hit

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/afl-recap-phil-irwin-throws-three-shutout-innings-dickerson-provides-walk-off-hit.html

Gregory Polanco: “The Walking Toolshed”

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/gregory-polanco-the-walking-toolshed.html

2013 Altoona Curve Season Recap and Top 10 Prospects

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/2013-altoona-curve-season-recap-and-top-10-prospects.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Reds to try to trade Brandon Phillips

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/10/18/4854114/reds-to-try-to-trade-brandon-phillips

6 Rumbunter

Jose Abreu: Neal Huntington Doesn’t Sound Blown Away

http://rumbunter.com/2013/10/17/jose-abreu-huntington-doesnt-sound-blown-away/

7 Rant Sports

Neil Walker Must Be Platooned In 2014 For Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/10/18/neil-walker-must-be-platooned-in-2014-for-pittsburgh-pirates/

8 The Green Weenie

Pittsburgh - Second Base 2014

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/10/pittsburgh-second-base-2014.html

9 KDKA

Clint Hurdle: If Game 5 Decision Drives A.J. Burnett Away, So Be It

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/10/18/clint-hurdle-if-game-5-decision-drives-a-j-burnett-away-so-be-it/

10 City of Champions

Great Scot: Reflection and look ahead for the Pittsburgh Pirates

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/10/18/great-scot-episode-32-pirates-reflection-look-ahead/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Rising Apple

Mets Season In Review: Vic Black

http://risingapple.com/2013/10/18/mets-season-review-vic-black/

12 Chicago Reader

The loathsome hegemony of the Saint Louis Cardinals

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/10/18/the-loathsome-hegemony-of-the-saint-louis-cardinals

13 San Francisco Chronicle

Time for baseball's code of ethics to go away

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Time-for-baseball-s-code-of-ethics-to-go-away-4908352.php

14 Detroit Free Press</b>

Drew Sharp: Tigers bruised, beaten, ready to battle in Boston

http://www.freep.com/article/20131019/COL08/310190034/tigers-red-sox-drew-sharp

15 Boston Herald</b>

Overachievers deliver

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

16 USA Today

Friday Flashbacks: The Unwritten Rules of Baseball

http://thebiglead.com/2013/10/18/friday-flashbacks-the-unwritten-rules-of-baseball/

17 St Louis Post Dispatch

Miklasz: Cardinal Way wins out over Mickey Way

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/miklasz-cardinal-way-wins-out-over-mickey-way/article_4f7bdc14-c9e9-5ac1-be93-9234150f58af.html

18 LA Times

Numb kind of ending for Dodgers

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-1019-plaschke-dodgers-20131019,0,6767275.column#axzz2iAFsqGzZ

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

Cuba Diving

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22075

20 Fangraphs

Betting Big on Bats: The Jose Abreu Quandary

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/betting-big-on-bats-the-jose-abreu-quandry/

21 Post Gazette

Arbitration eligibles: Charlie Morton

http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates-pirates-blog/2013/10/18/Arbitration-eligibles-Charlie-Morton.html