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 Paperback Writer-The Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taADLPtyDb0

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: The First Baseman of the Future Probably Isn’t Playing First Base

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/first-pitch-the-first-baseman-of-the-future-probably-isnt-playing-first-base.html

Pittsburgh Pirates 2014 Top Prospects: #8 – Josh Bell

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/pittsburgh-pirates-2014-top-prospects-8-josh-bell.html

Gregory Polanco and Austin Meadows Among Top Ten Outfield Prospects

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/gregory-polanco-and-austin-meadows-among-top-ten-outfield-prospects.html


Winter Leagues: Harold Ramirez Collects Two Hits In Playoff Win


http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/winter-leagues-harold-ramirez-collects-two-hits-in-playoff-win.html

6 Rumbunter

Pirates Coonelly Talks Big Money on 93.7 The Fan

http://rumbunter.com/2014/01/22/pirates-coonelly-talks-big-money-93-7-fan/

7 WHYGAVS

Gerrit Cole and curveballs

http://www.whygavs.com/pittsburgh-pirates/january-2014/gerrit-cole-and-curveballs.html

8 Bucs Dugout

Coonelly: Pirates will eventually sign player for $100 million

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/1/22/5337070/coonelly-pirates-will-eventually-sign-player-for-100-million

9 Pirates 101

> Why the Pittsburgh Pirates Don’t Need to Make Any More Moves

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/pittsburghpirates/2014/01/22/why-the-pittsburgh-pirates-dont-need-to-make-any-more-moves/

10 Green Weenie

1/21-22: Schoolboy Hoyt, Octavio Dotel, Diomedes Olivo, Jimmy Anderson

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2014/01/121-22-schoolboy-hoyt-octavio-dotel.html

11 Saber Bucs

Three Available & Affordable Free Agent Starting Pitcher

http://saberbucs.com/blog/2014/01/22/824/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 Sports Spectrum

The Mind of McCutchen

http://www.sportsspectrum.com/articles/2014/01/21/the-mind-of-mccutchen/

13 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates Still In Limbo Over Pitcher A.J Burnett

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2014/01/22/pittsburgh-pirates-still-limbo-j-burnett/

14 Pirates Site

Prospect Watch: Top 10 outfielders

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/pit/prospect-watch-mlbcoms-top-10-outfielders?ymd=20140122&content_id=66895860&vkey=news_pit

15 Bloomberg Stats Insight

Yankees Win Big with Signing of Masahiro Tanaka

http://www.bsports.com/statsinsights/mlb/yankees-win-big-signing-masahiro-tanaka

16 Fangraphs

Building (or Finding) the Ideal Pitcher

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/building-or-finding-the-ideal-pitcher/

17 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Bernie: When will Cards call up Taveras?

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-when-will-cards-call-up-taveras/article_34f23ba4-ac8c-562d-9e98-5ff480a16704.html

18 Sweetspot

Yankees are still baseball's evil empire

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/43721/yankees-are-still-baseballs-evil-empire

19 Baseball Prospectus

Transaction Analysis Yankees Sign Tanaka

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22635

20 Baseball Nation

What do you do when the culture's corrupt?

http://www.baseballnation.com/2014/1/22/5332732/dave-gallagher-interview-steroids-air-force-scandal

This Saturday is SABR day, chapters across the country are meeting but you don't have to be a member of SABR to attend. Pittsburgh Chapter meeting in PNC Park (Pirates provided meeting room). Suggested donation $5. If interested contact George Skornickel, georgeskornickel@gmail.com  Event starts at 9:30 

Guest speakers include former Pirates pitcher Bob Friend; Bob Recker, the team's batboy from 1959-61; Marty Billson on the Texas Winter League; presentations by Sam Reich, Steve Silverman, and Eliza Marone Richardson.

Link to map of all meeting taking place Saturday. 

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z0Z8HONkYR9c.k-pJH2J9QxQg