JAL’s At the Darktown Strutters Ball Morning Links

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At the Darktown Strutters Ball    Original Dixieland Jazz Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMHJ8PgVatk

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

4 BFFL’s Pirates Stats Spreadsheet and Prediction Contest

First link is to new 2017 sheets but no data yet while second link is to 2016 data

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wMRQrWaQaLQvSs502k6qTzds_6JOlKjzNeaUNLtNLyc/edit#gid=0

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=775822168

5 Pirates Spring Training Schedule

http://www.springtrainingconnection.com/schedule/pirates.html

6 Rumbunter

Hanson vs Gosselin: A Spring Training Competition

http://rumbunter.com/2017/03/15/hanson-vs-gosselin-spring-training-competition/

7 Viva El Birdos

A Brief History of Cardinals Drafts in the 21st Century, Part Three: The Mozeliak Era Begins

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/3/15/14928432/a-brief-history-of-cardinals-drafts-in-the-21st-century-part-three-the-mozeliak-era-begins-luhnow

8 Green Weenie

3/15: Scrap Iron, Hit Man Deals; Bibby & Snell Inked; HBD Bill, Jimmie, Nellie & Steve

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/03/315-scrap-iron-hit-man-deals-bibby.html

9 Red Reporter

Reds cut Dilson Herrera, Luis Castillo, others from big league camp

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/3/15/14935642/dilson-herrera-cincinnati-reds-cuts-minors

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

WBC 2017: Cubs Will Play Japan Saturday Afternoon

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/3/15/14938790/cubs-japan-saturday-afternoon-world-baseball-classic

11 Pirates Breakdown

2017 is a Already a Make or Break Year For Tyler Glasnow

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/15/tyler-glasnow-2017/

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Outfielder Gregory Polanco Works to Strike Out Poverty

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/15/pittsburgh-pirates-gregory-polanco-strike-out-poverty/

12 Pittsburgh City Paper

Mike Wysocki ranks the 10 best Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers of the past 50 years

http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/mike-wysocki-ranks-the-10-best-pittsburgh-pirates-pitchers-of-the-past-50-years/Content?oid=2320664

13 Springfield News Leader

Bill Virdon will be immortalized by statue at Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/2017/03/15/bill-virdon-immortalized-statue-missouri-sports-hall-fame/99212690/

14 MLB

'A moment for all of us' gets even better

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/219333700/trevor-williams-dad-enjoys-miracle-recovery/

15 Fanrag

Ernesto Frieri says he could sign with Yankees Thursday

https://www.fanragsports.com/news/ernesto-frieri-says-sign-yankees-thursday/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

That day Matheny met Bob Feller and pinch-hit for Paul Molitor, almost

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/that-day-matheny-met-bob-feller-and-pinch-hit-for/article_05a3d68c-132f-536a-a80a-9a013995f264.html

17 SB Nation   

Here’s what’s wrong with the World Baseball Classic, and here’s what can be done to fix it.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/3/15/14931614/world-baseball-classic-problems-solutions-appreciation

18 CBS Sports

Frustrated Adrian Gonzalez rips the WBC, says he'll never play in it again

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/frustrated-adrian-gonzalez-rips-the-wbc-says-hell-never-play-in-it-again/

19 Fangraphs

The Power of Pitch “Lineage”

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-power-of-pitch-lineage/

20 Fox Sports

Texas Rangers 2017 preview

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/texas-rangers-preview-predictions-darvish-beltre-hamels-odor-lucroy-al-west-031517

21 Baseball Prospectus

Rumor Roundup: Everybody Hurts

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31367

22 Sports on Earth

AL WEST: ASTROS OUT TO LAUNCH

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/219432976/al-west-preview-2017-astros-mariners

Pirates

1. Adam Frazier (L) SS

2. Phil Gosselin (R) 2B

3. Josh Bell (S) 1B

4. Jose Osuna (R) LF

5. Elias Diaz (R) C

6. Alen Hanson (S) RF

7. Eury Perez (R) CF

8. Gift Ngoepe (R) 3B

9. Ivan Nova (R) P

Red Sox

1. Brock Holt (L) SS

2. Chris Young (R) LF

3. Andrew Benintendi (L) CF

4. Hanley Ramirez (R) DH

5. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B

6. Josh Rutledge (R) 2B

7. Marco Hernandez (L) 3B

8. Christian Vazquez (R) C

9. Steve Selsky (R) RF

Pirates

Ivan Nova (R)

Red Sox

Chris Sale (L)