Morning Links November 16

Crazy  Patsy Cline  1961  Written by Willie Nelson

JAL’s Crazy Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na5Y9FxR0lg

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Arizona Fall League Season Recap

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/pittsburgh-pirates-2013-arizona-fall-league-season-recap.html

Winter Leagues: Big Game For Harold Ramirez

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/winter-leagues-big-game-for-harold-ramirez.html

Pirates Re-Sign Three Minor League Free Agents

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/pirates-re-sign-three-minor-league-free-agents.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Pitchers throwing harder, as Pirates fans can attest

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/11/15/5109446/pitchers-throwing-harder-as-pirates-fans-can-attest

6 Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates Rumors: Phil Hughes A Good Plan B If A.J. Burnett Doesn’t Return?>

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/11/15/pittsburgh-pirates-rumors-phil-hughes-a-good-plan-b-if-a-j-burnett-doesnt-return/

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Top 10 Prospects: No 3 Austin Meadows

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/11/15/pittsburgh-pirates-top-10-prospects-no-3-austin-meadows/

7 Bleacher Report

Where Jeff Samardzija Ranks Among Top MLB Pitching Trade Candidates

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1852555-where-jeff-samardzija-ranks-among-top-mlb-pitching-trade-candidates

8 Green Weenie

> Cutch - Is the Best To Come?

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/11/cutch-is-best-to-come.html

9 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates: Andrew McCutchen’s MVP a victory for well-rounded baseball

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2013/11/15/pittsburgh-pirates-andrew-mccutchens-mvp-victory-well-rounded-baseball/

10 Pirates Site

Pipeline Inbox: Who will be better, Cole or Taillon?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/pipeline-inbox-jim-callis-answers-questions-about-mlbs-top-prospects?ymd=20131115&content_id=63946580&vkey=news_pit

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 KDKA

Andrew McCutchen Reflects On MVP Season

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/11/15/andrew-mccutchen-reflects-on-mvp-season/

12 MLB

Free-agent market offers plenty of cost-efficient bats

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/free-agent-market-offers-plenty-of-cost-efficient-hitters?ymd=20131115&content_id=63941650&vkey=news_mlb

13 Yahoo 7 News

Tanaka in limbo as US-Japan posting system at impasse

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/19869126/tanaka-in-limbo-as-us-japan-posting-system-at-impasse/

14 Fansided

Washington Nationals interested in Oliver Perez

http://fansided.com/2013/11/15/washington-nationals-interested-oliver-perez/

15 Sporting Charts

Breaking Down the 2013 MVP Winners

http://www.sportingcharts.com/articles/mlb/breaking-down-the-2013-mvp-winners.aspx

16 Boston Globe

Like it or not, replay will be part of baseball

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/11/15/like-not-instant-replay-will-part-baseball/m6pgZ75zdxWx2SwvJZDHGN/story.html

17 St Louis Post-Dispatch

Bernie Bytes: Cards split MVP votes

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-bytes-cards-split-mvp-votes/article_c0809d64-9b86-58e8-a139-287ec38edeb5.html

Goold: Why I voted for Molina as NL MVP

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-why-i-voted-for-molina-as-nl-mvp/article_74ef3d15-1b7e-5f40-9048-dae5b58667bf.html

18 New York Observer

New York’s Coming Baseball Famine

http://observer.com/2013/11/new-yorks-coming-baseball-famine/

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

Pitch Types and the Times Through the Order Penalty

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22235

20 Fangraphs

> The Most Startling Trend in Baseball

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-most-startling-trend-in-baseball/

21 Post Gazette

My MVP ballot, explained

http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates-pirates-blog/2013/11/14/My-MVP-ballot-explained-1.html

22 Tribune review

Former Pirates closer continues to make impact

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/5071719-74/tekulve-pirates-pittsburgh#axzz2koITdvap