Saturday, August 13, 2016

JAL’s Close To You Morning Links






Close To You The Carpenters Number 1 on August 13   1970

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions


2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates


3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection


4 BFFL’s Pirates Stats Spreadsheet and Prediction Contest


BLOGS and such

5 LA Times

Dodgers get the hits, but not the runs in loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-1


6 Rumbunter


Pittsburgh Pirates: 2016 Draft Prospect Round Up 8/12


7 Viva El Birdos

Cards Clobbered by Unlucky #13


8 Green Weenie

Nova Bends But Doesn't Break; Bucs Glove & Stick Their Way To 5-1 Victory


9 Red Reporter

Homer Bailey returns to form as the Reds beat Milwaukee 7-4


10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 13, Cardinals 2: Szczur's Day In 11th Straight Win


11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Takeaways & Throwaways – Big Win in LA


12 WFMZ

Fightins fall to Curve in Altoona</b>


13 Outside Pitch

Mark Melancon shortens games for Dusty Baker, Nationals


14 The Inquisitr

MLB Rumors: Are The Pittsburgh Pirates Pretenders Or Contenders?


15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cardinals notes: With Holliday injured, Cards are exploring trade options


16 USA Today

Bronx tale: Alex Rodriguez delivers in Yankees farewell game



17 SB Nation   

The alternate histories of Alex Rodriguez on the Dodgers, Mets, Braves, and more



18 CBS Sports

What the Cardinals' latest injuries mean for them and the NL playoff race


19 Fangraphs

We Need To Talk About The Dodgers Rotation


20 Sports on Earth

LIKE HIM OR NOT, A-ROD ENTERTAINED



21 Fox Sports

Minor league baseball team pulls off crazy 1-umpire-6-3 double play


22 Baseball Prospectus

Nothin' to Do With Groundball Pitchers? DRA Weighs In