Morning Links October 26

Song 24 Hours from Tulsa. Gene Pitney 1963.  Pitney had 16 top 40 hits and also wrote hits for others, including Red Rubber Ball, He’s a rebel, and Hello Mary Lou.

JAL’s 24 Hours From Tulsa Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Hvzeut-VE

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

AFL: Waldron Gives Up Two Runs In Loss

 http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/afl-waldron-gives-up-two-runs-in-loss.htmltml

2013 Jamestown Jammers Season Recap and Top 10 Prospects

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

5 Bucs Dugout

Marte, Martin, McCutchen named Gold Glove finalists

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/10/25/5028182/marte-martin-mccutchen-named-gold-glove-finalists

6 Rumbunter

What Do A.J. Burnett, Stephen Strasburg, and Jordan Zimmerman Have in Common?

http://rumbunter.com/2013/10/23/j-burnett-stephen-strasburg-jordan-zimmerman-common/

7 WHYGAVS

There and back again: What do the Pirates need to do this winter?

http://www.whygavs.com/pittsburgh-pirates/october-2013/there-and-back-again-what-do-the-pirates-need-to-do-this-winter.html

8 The Green Weenie

Jameson Taillon

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/10/jameson-taillon.html

9 Pirates Official Site

Three Pirates among Gold Glove Award finalists

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/three-pirates-among-gold-glove-award-finalists?ymd=20131025&content_id=63348744&vkey=news_pit

10 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates: 3 Bucs named finalist for Gold Glove Award

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/10/25/pittsburgh-pirates-3-bucs-named-finalist-gold-glove-award/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Boston Globe

Cardinals’ confidence never wavered after loss

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/10/25/cardinals-confidence-never-wavered-after-loss/Ot3IwSXfaLcF0PzBPf8pUJ/story.html

12 Over the Monster

World Series 2013: Red Sox lose, but can take control in St. Louis

http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/10/25/5027832/world-series-2013-red-sox-cardinals-joe-kelly

13 Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates Determined to Take Step Further in 2014

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/10/25/pittsburgh-pirates-determined-to-take-step-further-in-2014/

14 Sacramento Bee

Argh! Pirate ship sets sail in Citrus Heights backyard

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/26/5850207/argh-pirate-ship-sets-sail-in.html

15 Boston Herald

Buckley: No Lack of John Farrell critics

http://bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/steve_buckley/2013/10/buckley_no_lack_of_john_farrell_critics

16 The Southern

Living the dream: This reporter is happy covering the World Series

http://thesouthern.com/sports/baseball/worldseries/living-the-dream-this-reporter-is-happy-covering-the-world/article_82b97b36-3ddb-11e3-8be7-0019bb2963f4.html

17 St Louis Post Dispatch

Bernie: No reason Cards can't win out

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-no-reason-cards-can-t-win-out/article_e2b72f22-ad59-586c-9af0-fb0b07501b79.html

Strauss: La Russa sees Cards as 'the ideal'

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/joe-strauss/strauss-la-russa-sees-cards-as-the-ideal/article_a3ad2a48-f6be-50bf-a3ce-d3c97a322ffd.html

18 Business Insider

Keith Olbermann Nails It On Why No One Watches Baseball

http://www.businessinsider.com/keith-olbermann-why-no-one-watches-baseball-2013-10

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Sweetspot

Sizing up the best World Series Web Gems

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/41804/best-recent-ws-gems-show-off-varied-skills

20 Fangraphs

> Mike Matheny’s Dangerously Slow Hook

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mike-mathenys-dangerously-slow-hook/

21 Post Gazette

First Person / Bonding over baseball

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2013/10/26/Bonding-over-baseball/stories/201310260001