Morning Links November 22

Friday Without You Harry Nilsson  Written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger

JAL’s Without You Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynsdmd0jkj8

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: Do the Pirates Need to Act Differently This Year?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/first-pitch-do-the-pirates-need-to-act-differently-this-year.html

Prospect Rewind: Getting to Know Casey Sadler and Joely Rodriguez

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/prospect-rewind-getting-to-know-casey-sadler-and-joely-rodriguez.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Quiz: All-time Pirates strikeout leaders

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/11/21/5130772/quiz-all-time-pirates-strikeout-leaders

2013 Pirates had NL's worst hitting pitchers

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/11/21/5130402/2013-pirates-had-nls-worst-hitting-pitchers

6 Rant Sports

5 Reasons Why the Cincinnati Reds Should Trade One of Their Stars

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/11/21/5-reasons-why-the-cincinnati-reds-should-trade-one-of-their-stars/

7 Green Weenie

11/21: Donora All-Stars Stan the Man & Junior Born, Cap'n Willie & Bonds MVP Runner-Ups, Brian Meadows, Clint Barmes Signing...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/11/1121-donora-all-stars-stan-man-junior.html

8 Reviewing the Brew

> Why I Hate Major League Baseball Today

http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/11/21/hate-major-league-baseball-today/

9 Baseball Nation

One smart trade doesn't negate two bad contracts

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/11/21/5129962/prince-fielder-ian-kinsler-trade-rangers-tigers-deal

10 CBS Sports

Report: Cardinals, Angels talking David Freese trade

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24256860/report-cardinals-angels-talking-david-freese-trade

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 USA Today

MLB players' union head Michael Weiner dies at 51

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/11/21/michael-weiner-dies-mlb-players-union-head/3669853/

12 Sports on Earth

Still Slipping In Seattle?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/64076844/

13 Hardball Times

Cooperstown Confidential: The tale of the tape in 1965

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/article/cooperstown-confidential-the-tale-of-the-tape-in-1965/

14 Boston Herald

Buckley: Destined for Baseball Purgatory

http://bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/steve_buckley/2013/11/buckley_destined_for_baseball_purgatory

15 Sacramento Bee

2013 Postseason Shares

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/21/5934535/2013-postseason-shares.html

16 San Francisco Chronicle

Giants, Lopez agree on 3-year deal

http://www.sfgate.com/giants/shea/article/Giants-Lopez-agree-on-3-year-deal-5000269.php

17 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Bernie Bytes: The David Freese Watch

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-bytes-the-david-freese-watch/article_6a6f7e48-f7d1-57f5-9f83-9838c59bc887.html

18 Cincinnati Enquirer

No official word on Schumaker

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2013/11/21/no-official-word-on-schumaker/

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

Being Smart about Sits and Starts

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22279

20 Fangraphs

> The Predictive Power of AFL Batting Stats: A Partial Study

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-predictive-power-of-afl-batting-stats-a-partial-study/

21 Post Gazette

The 2013 Pirates season remembered ... moment by moment

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2013/11/10/2013-Pittsburgh-Pirates-season-remembered-moment-by-moment.html

22 Tribune review

Pirates notebook: Team interested in veteran Berkman

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/5119502-74/pirates-berkman-shares#axzz2lHTNQErQ