JAL’s Secret Agent Man Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdC9P58hJT8

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: Looking Back at Last Year’s Pre-Season Projection

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/first-pitch-looking-back-at-last-years-pre-season-projection.html

Reese McGuire Ranks Among Top Catching Prospects

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/reese-mcguire-ranks-among-top-catching-prospects.html

Pittsburgh Pirates 2014 Top Prospects: #12 – Clay Holmes

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/pittsburgh-pirates-2014-top-prospects-12-clay-holmes.html

6 Baseball Nation

Enjoy the neighborhood play while you can

http://www.baseballnation.com/2014/1/16/5316640/mlb-baseball-instant-replay-neighborhood-play-phantom-double-play

7 Bucs Dugout

Pirates avoid arbitration with Travis Snider

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/1/17/5318124/pirates-avoid-arbitration-with-travis-snider

8 MLB

View From Studio 3: Melancon the adventurer

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/view-from-studio-3-mark-melancon-the-adventurer?ymd=20140116&content_id=66727200&vkey=news_mlb

9 Saber Bucs

> Who Should Start at SS? / Jordy Mercer’s 2014 Projection

http://saberbucs.com/blog/2014/01/16/who-should-start-at-ss-jordy-mercers-2014-projection/

10 Sports Grid

Vernon Wells’ Crazy Contract Should Convince All Two-Sport College Athletes To Choose Baseball Over Football

http://www.sportsgrid.com/nfl/vernon-wells-crazy-contract-mlb-over-nfl/

11 First Post

Million Dollar Arm: How two Indian boys went from cricket to baseball

http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/million-dollar-arm-how-two-indian-boys-went-from-cricket-to-baseball-1344965.html

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 Bradenton Herald

Pittsburgh Pirates announce $1.2 million gift to Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County

http://www.bradenton.com/2014/01/16/4939254/pittsburgh-pirates-announce-12.html

13 Denver Post

Colorado Rockies' signing of Michael McKenry adds insurance at catcher

http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_24930724/colorado-rockies-signing-michael-mckenry-adds-insurance-at

14 New York Times

Baseball’s Expanded Replay Adds to Managerial Strategy

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/sports/baseball/major-league-baseball-adopts-expanded-video-review.html?_r=0

15 Los Angeles Times

Baseball gets it right with expanded replay

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-baseball-replay-plaschke-20140117,0,7237778.column#axzz2qegHVqKB

16 CBS Sports

Who will be baseball's next $200 million pitcher?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24411172/who-will-be-baseballs-next-200-million-pitcher

17 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Bernie Bytes: Kershaw's contract, and chasing the Cards

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-bytes-kershaw-s-contract-and-chasing-the-cards/article_712eb5c5-edfe-5c06-b94b-a671bab5b8b6.html

18 FanSided

Los Angeles Dodgers to launch a Dodgers-only channel

http://fansided.com/2014/01/16/los-angeles-dodgers-launch-dodgers-channel/

19 Fangraphs

Clayton Kershaw and the Rise of the Opt-Out Clause

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/clayton-kershaw-and-the-rise-of-the-opt-out-clause/

20 Sweetspot

Happy birthday, Albert Pujols

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/43573/happy-birthday-albert-pujols