Morning Links October 30

Song Banana Pancakes Jack Johnson.  Contemporary folk/rock singer songwriter

JAL’s Banana Pancakes Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Graa_Vm5eA

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

First Pitch: Thinking Outside the Box in Right Field

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/first-pitch-thinking-outside-the-box-in-right-field.html

2013 GCL Pirates Season Recap and Top 10 Prospects

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

AFL: Benedict and Thornton Shine In Relief

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/afl-benedict-and-thornton-shine-in-relief.html

The Angels Would Trade Mark Trumbo For Pitching

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/the-angels-would-trade-mark-trumbo-for-pitching.html

AFL: Two Hits For Hanson As Losing Streak Continues

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/afl-two-hits-for-hanson-as-losing-streak-continues.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Pirates shut out of Gold Glove awards

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/10/29/5045286/pirates-shut-out-of-gold-glove-awards

6 Rumbunter

Pirates Marte and Martin Snubbed Out of Gold Glove Awards

http://rumbunter.com/2013/10/29/pirates-marte-martin-snubbed-gold-glove-awards/

7 WHYGAVS

No Gold Gloves for the Pirates (and a minor rant about defense)

http://www.whygavs.com/pittsburgh-pirates/october-2013/no-gold-gloves-for-the-pirates-and-a-minor-rant-about-defense.html

8 The Green Weenie

Kris Johnson

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/10/kris-johnson.html

9 Raise the Jolly Roger

News and notes: No Gold Gloves

http://raisethejollyroger.com/2013/10/news-and-notes-no-gold-gloves/

10 PBC Site

McCutchen, Marte, Martin miss out on Gold Gloves

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/mccutchen-marte-martin-miss-out-on-gold-gloves?ymd=20131029&content_id=63508124&vkey=news_pit

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Boston Globe

Cardinals familiar with being on the brink

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2013/10/cardinals_familiar_with_being_on_the_brink.html

12 Newsday

Managers are maddening in this World Series

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/on-base-perception-1.3631854/managers-are-maddening-in-this-world-series-1.6338541

13 New York Times

Cardinals Give the Ball to Wacha With Confidence

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/sports/baseball/cardinals-give-the-ball-to-michael-wacha-with-confidence.html?_r=0

14 Bloomberg Sports

Your 2013 World Series Champions

http://www.bsports.com/statsinsights/mlb/2013-world-series-champions

15 Boston Herald

Red Sox know it’s not over

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

Borges: John Lackey has chance to become a legend

http://bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/ron_borges/2013/10/borges_john_lackey_has_chance_to_become_a_legend

16 CBS Sports

Red Sox hitting for power when it matters most, Cardinals not

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24156339/red-sox-hitting-for-power-when-it-matters-most-cardinals-not

17 St Louis Post Dispatch

Cards spend a long day getting to Boston

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-spend-a-long-day-getting-to-boston/article_5ec9066a-7aa7-5138-a0df-cede0985504c.html

Bernie: Once more for amazing Wacha

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-once-more-for-amazing-wacha/article_e3942eac-8e47-5757-b2de-794579844571.html

18 Sweetspot

Difficult to defend this postseason

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/41937/difficult-to-defend-this-postseason

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

Is Speed Enough?: A PITCHf/x Look at the Effect of Fastball Velocity and Movement

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22139

20 Fangraphs

> Some Musings on Letting Lester Hit

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/some-musings-on-letting-lester-hit/