JAL’s I’m Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3pgY-zYWkw

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

Small Market Teams in Baseball: A League of Takers?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/small-market-teams-in-baseball-a-league-of-takers.html

Winter Leagues: Update On Marte’s Back Injury

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/winter-leagues-update-on-martes-back-injury.html

6 Rumbunter

PNC Park: Well At Least the Beer Is Cheap

http://rumbunter.com/2014/01/12/pnc-park-well-least-beer-cheap/

7 Bleacher Report

National League Central Division 2014 Season Preview and Prediction

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1920536-national-league-central-division-2014-season-preview-and-prediction

8 Green Weenie

1/12: Ed Swartwood, Big Ed Stevens, Rich Loiselle, Captain Willie

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2014/01/112-ed-swartwood-big-ed-stevens-rich.html

9 Rant Sports

> What Should Pittsburgh Pirates Expect From Wandy Rodriguez In 2014?

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2014/01/12/what-should-pittsburgh-pirates-expect-from-wandy-rodriguez-in-2014/

10 Redbird Rants

The St. Louis Cardinals will own the National League in 2014

http://redbirdrants.com/2014/01/12/st-louis-cardinals-will-national-league-2014/

11 Pirates 101

Best of 2013: Pittsburgh Pirates 10-Los Angeles Angels 9

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/pittsburghpirates/2014/01/12/best-of-2013-pittsburgh-pirates-10-los-angeles-angels-9/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 Wall Street Journal

Why Baseball's Victory Is a Pyrrhic One

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303819704579316830287709874?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303819704579316830287709874.html

13 Sports on Earth

Race Against Time

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/66450530/

14 New York Daily News

Players Association rips MLB for participation in ‘60 Minutes’ report on Alex Rodriguez

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/players-association-rips-mlb-60-minutes-report-a-rod-article-1.1577220

15 Daily Finance

How the Golden Age of Television and Baseball Ends

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/01/12/how-the-golden-age-of-television-and-baseball-ends/

16 MLB Nation

The Most Undervalued Stat in Baseball

http://www.themlbnation.com/news/2014/01/12/the-most-undervalued-stat-in-baseball/

17 MLB

Where will Tanaka land? It's anyone's guess

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/where-will-tanaka-land-its-anyones-guess?ymd=20140113&content_id=66471100&vkey=news_mlb

18 Forbes

MLBAM's Home Runs With Sony And WWE At CES Set Stage For IPO

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/01/12/mlbams-home-runs-with-sony-and-wwe-at-ces-set-stage-for-ipo/?partner=yahootix

19 Fangraphs

A Quick Glance at Pitch-Framing and Command Extremes

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-quick-glance-at-pitch-framing-and-command-extremes/

20 Baseball Prospectus

The Week In Quotes

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22561

21 Tribune review

Kovacevic: Want to whine, baseball? Go big

http://triblive.com/sports/mlb/5369035-74/baseball-million-teams#axzz2pRoJLKLQ

22 Post Gazette

Obituary: Steve 'Dirt' DiNardo / He handled Three Rivers Stadium turf

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2014/01/11/He-handled-Three-Rivers-Stadium-turf/stories/201401110055