Thursday, December 26, 2013

JAL's Hawaiian Christmas Song Morning Links









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: Navarro Makes Debut, Dominican League Playoff Rosters
http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/12/winter-leagues-navarro-makes-debut-dominican-league-playoff-rosters.html

5 Bucs Dugout

Gregory Polanco wins MVP of Dominican Winter League

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2013/12/23/5239528/gregory-polanco-wins-mvp-of-dominican-winter-league

6 Rumbunter

All I Want(ed) for Christmas: A.J. Burnett to Do His Thing Again

http://rumbunter.com/2013/12/25/wanted-christmas-j-burnett-thing/


Pirates Pitchers Weren’t Self Help Gurus, A.J. Burnett Among Worst

http://rumbunter.com/2013/12/25/pirates-pitchers-arent-self-help-gurus/

7 Sports Illustrated

Hot Stove Roundup: Crazy Logan deal leads 10 under-the-radar moves of note

http://mlb.si.com/2013/12/13/hot-stove-roundup-boone-logan-rajai-davis/

8 Green Weenie

> Merry Christmas: Sam Leever, Rick White, Frank Taveras, FF Fire, Pud Galvin, Gene Lamont, Mario Mendoza...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2013/12/merry-christmas-sam-leever-rick-white.html



9 Pirates Site

Bucs aiming to build on breakthrough '13 campaign

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/pittsburgh-pirates-aiming-to-build-on-breakthrough-2013-campaign?ymd=20131226&content_id=66134266&vkey=news_pit


10 Beyond the Boxscore

Tim Lincecum and Learning to Help Yourself

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2013/12/23/5228968/tim-lincecum-and-learning-to-help-yourself

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

11 New York Times

The Night Pittsburgh Became a Baseball Town Once Again

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/sports/baseball/the-night-pittsburgh-became-a-baseball-town-once-again.html

12 Bleacher Report

Rumored MLB Deals That Could Happen Before Jan. 1

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1901379-rumored-mlb-deals-that-could-happen-before-jan-1


13 Belleville News Democrat

Happy Birthday, Pud Galvin

http://www.bnd.com/2013/12/25/2976106/happy-birthday-pud-galvin.html


14 MLB Daily Dish

MLB storylines to look forward to in 2014

http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2013/12/25/5238032/mlb-2014-tanaka-kemp-yankees-rangers

15 Berkeley Independent

Finding Mudville: A Sporting Christmas

http://www.berkeleyind.com/article/20131225/BI11/131229866/1076/BI/finding-mudville-a-sporting-christmas

16 Sweetspot

Christmas wishes for every team

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/43173/christmas-wishes-for-every-team

17 Baseball Nation

Stephen Drew, the last remaining free-agent hitter you care about

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/12/23/5239484/stephen-drew-free-agent-rumors

18 St Louis Post Gazette

Bernie: DeWitt's franchise vision working brilliantly

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-dewitt-s-franchise-vision-working-brilliantly/article_a37d7e9d-de72-5e6c-a50e-dd6688122229.html

SPORTS WEBSITES

19 Baseball Prospectus

The Week In Quotes  December 16-25

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22467


20 Fangraphs

Spending $130 Million Well and Less Well

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/spending-130-million-well-and-less-well/



Song:  Hawaiian Christmas Song  Sam Sims
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