Morning Links October 31

Song The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Loreena MCKennitt

JAL’s The Wind That Shakes the Barley Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSnotTGr9ME

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: MLB Parity is a Parody

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/first-pitch-mlb-parity-is-a-parody.html

Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Season Recap: Shortstop

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

The Pirates Might Be Best With Mercer and Barmes in 2014

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/the-pirates-might-be-best-with-mercer-and-barmes-in-2014.html

How to be a Professional Blogger

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/first-pitch-how-to-be-a-professional-blogger.html

AFL: Phil Irwin Goes Four Innings In Scottsdale’s Sixth Straight Loss

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/10/afl-phil-irwin-goes-four-innings-in-scottsdales-sixth-straight-loss.html

5 Bucs Dugout

How can the Pirates upgrade at right field?

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/10/31/5049456/how-can-the-pirates-upgrade-at-right-field

6 Rumbunter

Looking Back: Baseball Prospectus-Cubs Will Finish Ahead of Pirates

http://rumbunter.com/2013/10/30/looking-back-baseball-prospectus-cubs-will-finish-ahead-pirates/

Pirates Clint Hurdle Talks A.J. Burnett During Media Rounds

http://rumbunter.com/2013/10/30/pirates-clint-hurdle-makes-media-rounds/

7 City of Champions

Pirates outfielder Starling Marte robbed of first Gold Glove award

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/10/30/pirates-outfielder-starling-marte-snubbed-gold-glove/

8 The Green Weenie

Andrew Lambo

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/10/andrew-lambo.html

9 Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte Got Robbed Of Gold Glove

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/10/30/pittsburgh-pirates-starling-marte-got-robbed-of-gold-glove/

10 Red Machine

Who Is The Biggest Rival For The Cincinnati Reds?

http://blogredmachine.com/2013/10/30/biggest-rival-cincinnati-reds/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Boston Globe

Red Sox cap season with World Series title

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/10/30/boston-strongest-red-sox-cap-magical-season-with-world-series-title/8jVkaiU3AwgR03LnBpZCWJ/story.html

12 Fox Sports

McCarver's exit a loss for baseball

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/tim-mccarver-retiring-from-broadcasting-big-loss-for-fox-baseball-and-fans-102913

13 The New Yorker

Why I Quit Major League Baseball

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/10/why-i-quit-major-league-baseball.html

14 Think Progress

Baseball Isn’t Struggling On TV — It’s Just Taking A Different Approach

http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2013/10/30/2858791/baseball-struggling-just-taking-different-approach/

15 Boston Herald

Redemption Strong: Red Sox wrap up improbable title

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

16 Metro West Daily News

On Baseball: Red Sox came together as championship roster

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/sports_columnists/x915438577/On-Baseball-Red-Sox-came-together-as-championship-roster

17 St Louis Post Dispatch

Series ends with Miller remaining idle

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/series-ends-with-miller-remaining-idle/article_8ccfd63f-ab6c-592d-b550-c4575400ddb3.html

Bernie: Cards finish with a fizzle

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-cards-finish-with-a-fizzle/article_d3ac13e4-a74c-5f33-8d0d-0ec063f3beca.html

Strauss: Wacha out of gas, but don't blame him

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/joe-strauss/strauss-wacha-out-of-gas-but-don-t-blame-him/article_3adf6936-f15a-5f8c-b7af-1e56ff9b8453.html

18 Sweetspot

Quick thoughts: The best team wins it all

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/41998/quick-thoughts-the-best-team-wins-it-all

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

15 Things We Were Wrong About This Year

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22135

20 Fangraphs

> How the Red Sox Got to Michael Wacha

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-the-red-sox-got-to-michael-wacha/

21 Post Gazette

Burnett's status is offseason priority

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2013/10/31/Burnett-s-status-is-offseason-priority/stories/201310310206