JAL's Cryin' in the Rain Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz0Sscke9z4

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

4 Pirates Prospects Spring Training Tracker

http://www.piratesprospects.com/st2014

BLOGS and such

 

5—Pirates Prospects

First Pitch: Notes From Day Two of Mini-Camp

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/first-pitch-notes-from-day-two-of-mini-camp.html

Tyler Glasnow Saw a Change in 2013

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/tyler-glasnow-saw-a-change-in-2013.html

Pirates Getting National TV Time in 2014

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/pirates-getting-national-tv-time-in-2014.html

6 MLB Draft Insider

Top 14 in ’14: Pittsburgh Pirates

http://mlbdraftinsider.com/2014/01/top-14-in-14-pittsburgh-pirates/

7 Bucs Dugout

Links: Jerry Sands, Adrian Beltre, Joel Hanrahan

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/1/7/5284834/links-jerry-sands-adrian-beltre-joel-hanrahan

8 Pirates Site

Four home game times adjusted for national telecasts

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/pirates-have-four-home-game-times-adjusted-for-national-telecasts?ymd=20140107&content_id=66369612&vkey=news_pit

9 Rant Sports

>Projecting The Starting Rotation For 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2014/01/08/projecting-the-starting-rotation-for-2014-pittsburgh-pirates/

10 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates Starting Pitcher Wandy Rodriguez Throwing Again

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2014/01/07/pittsburgh-pirates-wandy-rodriguez-throwing/?utm_source=FanSided&utm_medium=Network&utm_campaign=Around%20the%20Network

11 KDKA

Pirates SS Jordy Mercer Says 2013 Pirates Only Scratched The Surface

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/01/07/pirates-ss-jordy-mercer-says-2013-pirates-only-scratched-the-surface/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 Pirates 101

Is Kendrys Morales or Andrew Lambo the Better Option at First for the Pittsburgh Pirates?

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/pittsburghpirates/2014/01/07/is-kendrys-morales-or-andrew-lambo-the-better-option-at-first-for-the-pittsburgh-pirates/

13 Sporting News

National League Central is Cold as Ice, both in weather and in song

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2014-01-07/national-league-west-preview-2014-cardinals-pirates-reds-cubs

14 Boston Globe

MLB notes: Writer defends leaving Maddux off ballot

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/01/08/greg-maddux-won-unanimous-baseball-hall-famer/3myJC0uYkIByiO5vhODzBN/story.html

15 USA Today

Ten biggest high risk, high reward players for 2014

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/fantasy/baseball/2014/01/07/kffl-high-risk-high-reward-for-2014/4356263/

16 Beaver County Times

Perrotto: Going against most of the voters, Bonds is on this ballot

http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/john_perrotto/perrotto-going-against-most-of-the-voters-bonds-is-on/article_5d93614e-7b89-5da6-b70a-7efc61a035f9.html

17 St. Louis post Dispatch

Bernie Bytes: The cloud over Cooperstown

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-bytes-the-cloud-over-cooperstown/article_786901a4-5923-53ec-a4f9-89ba189f58ef.html

18 Baseball Prospectus

Seven Pioneers Worthy of Hall of Fame Induction

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22523

19 Fangraphs

The Problem With Stephen Drew’s Market

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-problem-with-stephen-drews-market/

20 Hardball Times

Making the best of the worst

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/making-the-best-of-the-worst/

21 Tribune review

Pirates pitcher Rodriguez encouraged by first throwing session

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/5368718-74/rodriguez-months-anything#axzz2po6NXUvf

Pirates notebook: Taillon morphs from thrower to pitcher

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/5368720-74/taillon-game-andino#axzz2po6NXUvf

22 Post Gazette

Gene Collier: Coleman’s wit, humility made him unique

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/gene-collier/2014/01/08/Gene-Collier-Coleman-s-wit-humility-made-him-unique/stories/201401080031