JAL’s Make Believe Morning Links

Make Believe from Showboat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VvpDE87b7E

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 BFFL’s 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsjN0zO-DxI0dDNkaWxFNWIwNDVUQzEwYXp5SlpGNkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

4 Pirates Prospects Spring Training Tracker

http://www.piratesprospects.com/st2014

BLOGS and such

 

5—Pirates Prospects

Spring Training Notes — Feb. 21

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/02/spring-training-notes-feb-21-2.html

Pirates Photos from Spring Training

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/02/photos-from-camp.html

Thirteen Pirates Prospects Rank Among Best At Their Positions

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/02/thirteen-pirates-prospects-rank-among-best-at-their-positions.html

Brandon Cumpton: From Early Season Disaster to Great MLB Depth

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/02/brandon-cumpton-from-early-season-disaster-to-great-mlb-depth.html

6 Bucs Dugout

Orioles to sign Nelson Cruz

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/2/22/5436782/orioles-to-sign-nelson-cruz

7 Rumbunter

Cutch Isn’t Sidney Crosby. He’s John Tavares

http://rumbunter.com/2014/02/22/cutch-isnt-sidney-crosby-hes-john-tavares/

Pirates Offseason: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times

http://rumbunter.com/2014/02/22/pirates-offseason-best-times-worst-times/

8 Green Weenie

2/21-22: College HOF, Roy Spencer, Bill Baker, Frankie Zak, Pittsburgh Visits the Prez...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2014/02/221-22-college-hof-roy-spencer-bill.html

9 Pirates 101

>Will Andrew McCutchen Be a Pittsburgh Pirate for Life?

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/pittsburghpirates/2014/02/22/will-andrew-mccutchen-be-a-pittsburgh-pirate-for-life/

10 Saber Bucs

14 Baserunners in 6.2 innings = a 2.70 ERA?!

http://saberbucs.com/blog/2014/02/22/14-baserunners-in-6-2-innings-a-2-70-era/

11 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates Rumors: Will Clint Hurdle And Neal Huntington Get Extensions?

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2014/02/22/pittsburgh-pirates-rumors-will-clint-hurdle-neal-huntington-get-extensions/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 Bradenton Herald

                                   

Pirates rally in Bradenton has a little more pep

http://www.bradenton.com/2014/02/23/5010275/pirates-rally-in-bradenton-has.html

13 Rant Sports

5 Players Who Won’t Make Pittsburgh Pirates 2014 Opening Day Roster

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2014/02/22/5-players-who-wont-make-pittsburgh-pirates-2014-opening-day-roster/

Gerrit Cole Deserved Opening Day Start for Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2014/02/22/gerrit-cole-deserved-opening-day-start-for-pittsburgh-pirates/

14 Pirates Site

Top prospect Polanco making large first impression

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140222&content_id=68199740&notebook_id=68200536&vkey=notebook_pit&c_id=pit

15 Beaver County Times

Dollars must make sense for Bucs

http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/john_mehno/dollars-must-make-sense-for-bucs/article_f378d02e-cf5f-5284-b626-9b604db256c7.html

16 Fangraphs

What If Aroldis Chapman Threw Softer?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-if-aroldis-chapman-threw-softer/

17 KDKA

Burnett: “I Didn’t Blow Up” About Not Starting Game 5

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/02/22/burnett-i-didnt-blow-up-about-not-starting-game-5/

18 St. Louis Post Gazette

Garcia has 'familiar' pain in his left shoulder

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/garcia-has-familiar-pain-in-his-left-shoulder/article_ced9a3dc-a59c-5098-8ca3-78af5c501048.html

19 Baseball Prospectus

The BP Wayback Machine Agents, the Draft, and the NCAA

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22862

20 Jackson Sun

North Side alum Drew Sutton retires from pro baseball

http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20140223/SPORTS/302230007/North-Side-alum-Drew-Sutton-retires-from-pro-baseball

21 Post Gazette

Pirates still in search of a first baseman

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2014/02/23/On-the-Pirates-In-search-of-a-first-baseman/stories/201402230131

Shots Across the Bow: First base

http://sportsblogs.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates-pirates-blog/2014/02/23/Shots-Across-the-Bow-4.html

22 Tribune review

Pirates notebook: Tabata makes plea for peace in Venezuela

http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/5644270-74/tabata-venezuela-martin#axzz2trUNuybM