Morning Links November 7

Peanut Vendor Stan Kenton 1972  Song has over 160 recordings.  Kenton had a hit with it in 1947 and it remained a staple of his concerts.

JAL’s Peanut Vendor Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_okd-n42p0

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: How Long Will Pedro Alvarez Be a Pittsburgh Pirate?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/first-pitch-how-long-will-pedro-alvarez-be-a-pittsburgh-pirate.html

Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Season Recap: Third Base

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/pittsburgh-pirates-2013-season-recap-third-base.html

AFL: Three Hits For Alen Hanson In Win

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/11/afl-three-hits-for-alen-hanson-in-win.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez win Silver Slugger awards

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/11/6/5074898/andrew-mccutchen-pedro-alvarez-win-silver-slugger-awards

6 Rumbunter

Major League Baseball Awards Season Is Fun Again

http://rumbunter.com/2013/11/05/major-league-baseball-awards-season/

7 WHYGAVS

Awards! Andrew McCutchen, Clint Hurdle, and Francisco Liriano

http://www.whygavs.com/pittsburgh-pirates/october-2013/awards-andrew-mccutchen-clint-hurdle-and-francisco-liriano.html

8 The Green Weenie

> Pittsburgh's Minor League Free Agents, Past & Present

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/11/pittsburghs-minor-league-free-agents.html

9 Rant Sports

Ranking the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Top 10 Prospects Heading into 2014

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/11/06/ranking-the-pittsburgh-pirates-top-10-prospects-heading-into-2014/

10 Pirates Site

McCutchen, Alvarez awarded Silver Sluggers

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/andrew-mccutchen-pedro-alvarez-win-2013-silver-slugger-awards?ymd=20131106&content_id=63734106&vkey=news_pit

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 Sports Illustrated

NL Central Hot Stove Preview: Assessing offseason plans for Cardinals, Pirates, Reds, Brewers and Cubs

http://mlb.si.com/2013/11/06/nl-central-hot-stove-cardinals-pirates-reds-brewers-cubs/

12 USA Today

Estranged wife of Kris Benson guilty of assault

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/11/06/anna-benson-guilty-of-aggravated-assault-kris-benson/3452363/

13 Sporting Charts

Francisco Liriano and His Return to Prominence

http://www.sportingcharts.com/articles/mlb/comeback-kid-francisco-liriano-and-his-return-to-prominence.aspx

14 NBC Sports

A-Rod’s lawyers want the feds to investigate Major League Baseball

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/06/a-rods-lawyers-want-the-feds-to-investigate-major-league-baseball/

15 Cleveland Plain Dealer

Anyone for a "Bonus At Bat," and maybe a boost in baseball excitement? - Bill Livingston

http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2013/11/anyone_for_a_bonus_at_bat_--_a.html

16 Cincinnati Enquirer

Fay’s Wednesday’s wanderings: Reds have little to spend on free agents

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2013/11/06/fays-wednesdays-wandering-reds-have-little-to-spend-on-free-agents/

17 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Goold: Drew makes the most sense for Cards

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/goold-drew-makes-the-most-sense-for-cards/article_b5f40298-10bf-5c82-b112-3e38bfab324c.html

18 Baseball Nation

When the Astrodome lost an election

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/11/6/5071820/houston-astrodome-ballot-measure-referendum-fate-demolition

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

Today's Oxymoron is Free Agents

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22186

20 Fangraphs

> The Land Mines of the 2014 Free Agent Class

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-land-mines-of-the-2014-free-agent-class/

The Bargains of the 2014 Free Agent Class

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-bargains-of-the-2014-free-agent-class/

21 Post Gazette

Pirates options in free agency

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/smizik-on-sports/2013/11/07/Pirates-options-in-free-agency/stories/201311070284