JAL’s April Morning Links

April Deep Purple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eRTQnSzoUI

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 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates: Three Stories for the 2017 Season

http://rumbunter.com/2017/04/03/pittsburgh-pirates-three-stories-for-the-2017-season/

7 Viva El Birdos

Carlos Martinez continues exploit of small hole in Kris Bryant’s swing

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/4/3/15158398/carlos-martinez-continues-exploit-of-small-hole-in-kris-bryants-swing-cardinals-cubs-opening-day

8 Green Weenie

4/3 Birthdays: HBD Guy, Larry, Dick, Alex, Miguel, Bobby & Dewey

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/04/43-birthdays-hbd-guy-larry-dick-alex.html

9 Red Reporter

Five Dumb Predictions for the 2017 Cincinnati Reds

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/4/3/15156816/cincinnati-reds-season-predictions-dumb-dumb

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cardinals 4, Cubs 3: Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/3/15158158/cubs-cardinals-recap-willson-contreras-dexter-fowler-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways & Throwaways – Pittsburgh Pirates Drop 2017 Season Opener

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/03/pittsburgh-pirates-drop-opener/

12 Penn Live

Vintage Pittsburgh Pirates photos, from the first World Series to Barry Bonds

http://www.pennlive.com/life/2017/04/pittsburgh_pirates_vintage_pho.html

13 Boston Globe

Five-run fifth inning helped — and hurt — Rick Porcello

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2017/04/03/porcello/a1kWlB89x94SIMIh1P5XVK/story.html

14 Boston Herald

Gallery: Red Sox won opening day against Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3.

http://www.bostonherald.com/photos/gallery_red_sox_won_opening_day_against_pittsburgh_pirates_5_3

15 National Pastime Museum

EARL WEAVER ALWAYS KNEW CAL RIPKEN JR. WAS A SHORTSTOP

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/earl-weaver-always-knew-cal-ripken-jr-was-shortstop

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Piscotty, Cardinals commit to future with 6-year, $33.5 million extension

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/piscotty-cardinals-commit-to-future-with--year-million-extension/article_bf0a16fd-dd79-586a-acb5-a48b8bf7ae44.html

17 SB Nation   

Lessons from Opening Day of the 2017 MLB season

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/3/15158342/opening-day-mlb-2017

18 CBS Sports

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Randal Grichuk tops list of six under-owned players

http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/fantasy-baseball-waiver-wire-randal-grichuk-tops-list-of-six-under-owned-players/

19 Fangraphs

How Brian Cashman Sold the Yankees’ Rebuild

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-brian-cashman-sold-the-yankees-rebuild/

20 Fox Sports

25 bold predictions for the 2017 MLB season

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/mlb-predictions-2017-season-cubs-dodgers-red-sox-division-cy-young-mvp-world-series-division-playoffs

21 Baseball Prospectus

Pre-Season Staff Predictions

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31501

22 Sports on Earth

MADBUM'S TWOFER: BY THE NUMBERS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/221996744/madison-bumgarner-two-home-runs