JAL’s Why Worry Morning Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkFcQRiFL68

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: Who Can Be Invited to Spring Training?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/first-pitch-who-can-be-invited-to-spring-training.html

The Hall of Fame is Dead

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/the-hall-of-fame-is-dead.html

Winter Leagues: Marte Returns to Lineup, Polanco’s Return Delayed

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/01/winter-leagues-marte-returns-to-lineup-polancos-return-delayed.html

6 Rumbunter

Remembering That Luis Heredia Moment

http://rumbunter.com/2014/01/09/remembering-luis-heredia-moment/

7 Bucs Dugout

Searage: A.J. Burnett likely to retire

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/1/9/5291446/searage-a-j-burnett-likely-to-retire

8 Green Weenie

1/8-9: Gene Freese, Brian Boehringer, The Goose, Bye Bye Burleigh, Jeromy Burnitz

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2014/01/18-9-gene-freese-brian-boehringer-goose.html

9 City of Champions

>Pittsburgh Pirates Play It Safe And Boring With Logo Shuffle

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2014/01/09/pittsburgh-pirates-play-safe-boring-logo-shuffle/

10 Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates Make Logo Change, No One Notices

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2014/01/09/pittsburgh-pirates-make-logo-change-no-one-notices/

11 SB Nation

Three things about baseball and sanctimony

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/1/9/5290856/three-things-about-baseball-and-sanctimony

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 MLB

Spring Training schedule, workout dates released

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/spring-training-schedule-workout-dates-released-by-major-league-baseball?ymd=20140109&content_id=66444296&vkey=news_mlb

13 Philadelphia Daily News

Bill Conlin, Daily News sports columnist whose career ended in disgrace, dies at 79

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140109_HED_TOO_LONG__Bill_Conlin__Daily_News_sports_columnist_whose_career_ended_in_disgrac.html

14 Contra Costa Times

Baseball Hall of Fame voting process won't change, for now

http://www.contracostatimes.com/national-sport-news/ci_24880614/baseball-hall-fame-voting-process-wont-change-now

15 Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Baseball fans got a treat when Maddux came to town

http://www.bdtonline.com/sportscolumn/x1022873294/Baseball-fans-got-a-treat-when-Maddux-came-to-town

16 Boston Globe

Verlander has core muscle repair surgery

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/2014/01/09/verlander-has-core-muscle-repair-surgery/RryRZi27ZxhUR2F4jmVOTN/story.html

17 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Bird Bytes: About Peralta and PEDs

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bird-bytes-about-peralta-and-peds/article_1451db8b-583b-5507-9b88-4aa42c643eae.html

18 Press Enterprise

BASEBALL: Which current players are destined for Cooperstown?

http://blog.pe.com/jim-alexander/2014/01/09/baseball-which-current-players-are-destined-for-cooperstown/

19 Fangraphs

Some Final Thoughts on the Hall of Fame Process

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/some-final-thoughts-on-the-hall-of-fame-process/

20 Baseball Prospectus

What Percentage of Scouts Played Pro Ball?

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22539

Song  Why Worry  Everly Brothers with Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler (who wrote the song)