Happy Thanksgiving Morning Links

Now Be Thankful  Fairport Convention 1970

JAL’s Now Be Thankful Morning Links

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

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

Winter Leagues: Polanco Named Hitter of Week in Dominican

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/winter-leagues-polanco-named-hitter-of-week-in-dominican.html

5 Baseball Instinct

Pittsburgh Pirates Top 21 Prospects: 2013 Review

http://network.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/15160073?headline=pittsburgh_pirates_top_21_prospects_2013_review&linksrc=mb_right_col&mailing_id=2807&sport_name=mlb

6 Rumbunter

Clint Hurdle Talks A.J. Burnett, Gregory Polanco, All Things Pirates on RumBunter Podcast

http://rumbunter.com/2013/11/27/clint-hurdle-talks-j-burnett-gregory-polanco-things-pirates-rumbunter-podcast/

7 Green Weenie

11/25-27: Roberto, Simple Simon, Bob Elliott, The Gravedigger, Bob Walk, Jason Kendall Trade...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/11/1125-27-roberto-simple-simon-bob.html

8 Swingin’ A’s

> What Determines A Successful Season?

http://swinginas.com/2013/11/27/determines-successful-season/

9 Pirates Site

McCutchen hoping to serve as an inspiration

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/article/pit/andrew-mccutchen-hoping-to-inspire-more-african-american-kids-to-play-baseball?ymd=20131123&content_id=64159830&vkey=news_pit

10 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates Rumors: Could the Bucs target Rangers 1B Mitch Moreland?

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/11/27/pittsburgh-pirates-rumors-bucs-target-rangers-1b-mitch-moreland/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Bleacher Report

Every MLB Team's Best Free-Agent Signing of the Past 5 Years

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1861030-every-mlb-teams-best-free-agent-signing-of-the-past-5-years

12 NPR

After 50 Years, Cuba Says Its Baseball Players Can Go Abroad

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/11/28/247537163/after-50-years-cuba-says-its-baseball-players-can-go-abroad

13 Washington Post

Searching baseball for her father’s voice

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/searching-baseball-for-her-fathers-voice/2013/11/27/e00bf300-57bb-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.html

14 Huffington Post

Soccer, Baseball, Money and Power

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-kreissman/soccer-baseball-money-and_1_b_4339849.html

15 Engadget

MLB releases Franchise MVP for Android, lets you live your baseball fantasies

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/28/mlb-franchise-mvp/

16 Dorchester Reporter

All-done A-Rod vs. baseball’s lords: sheer madness

http://www.dotnews.com/columns/2013/all-done-rod-vs-baseball-s-lords-sheer-madness

17 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Bernie Bytes: A look at the 2014 Hall of Fame ballot

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-bytes-a-look-at-the-hall-of-fame-ballot/article_b9522bd3-4e5b-5475-ac4b-d158b9eedfd1.html

18 CBS Sports

Ted Lilly to retire from baseball

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24292544/ted-lilly-to-retire-from-baseball

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

The BP Wayback Machine The Guessing Game

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22310

20 Fangraphs

> Why It’s Okay That PED Players Are Getting Paid

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-its-okay-that-ped-players-are-getting-paid/