JAL’s Desert Rose Morning Links

Desert Rose Sting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg

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

The Pirates Need To Stay Away From Leonys Martin

http://rumbunter.com/2017/04/26/pirates-need-stay-away-leonys-martin/

7 Viva El Birdos

Familiar Mistakes Cost Cards Series Opener

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/4/26/15430826/familiar-mistakes-cost-cards-series-opener

8 Green Weenie

Cole On Fire But Bucs Lose On Airball 1-0

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/04/cole-on-fire-but-bucs-lose-on-airball-1.html

9 Red Reporter

Eric Thames homered again as Brewers pounded Reds, 9-1

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/4/25/15429436/eric-thames-cincinnati-reds-milwaukee-brewers

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: April 25

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/25/15430454/chicago-cubs-minor-league-zach-hedges-zach-short-mark-zagunis

11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Takeaways and Throwaways – Another Frustrating One-Run Loss

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/25/pittsburgh-pirates-takeaways-and-throwaways-042517/

Interview – MLB.com’s Adam Berry on Taking Over The Beat, Marte & More

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/25/pittsburgh-pirates-podcast-interview-adam-berry/

12 Sports Illustrated

Advance historic page from March 19, 1962: An interview with Willie Stargell

http://www.silive.com/news/2017/04/advance_historic_page_from_mar_110.html

13 Pittsburgh City Paper

Wysocki: The battle for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ best all-time catcher comes down to a close call at the plate

http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/wysocki-the-battle-for-the-pittsburgh-pirates-best-all-time-catcher-comes-down-to-a-close-call-at-the-plate/Content?oid=2704071

14 South Coast Today

Brian Warecki is VP of Communications and Broadcasting for the Pittsburgh Pirate

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/sports/20170425/brian-warecki-is-vp-of-communications-and-broadcasting-for-pittsburgh-pirates

15 Chicago Tribune

Kyle Hendricks guides Cubs to 1-0 victory over nemesis Gerrit Cole

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-pirates-spt-0426-20170425-story.html

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Cards' four errors hand game to Blue Jays

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-four-errors-hand-game-to-blue-jays/article_24e254af-a386-519e-a849-df28e543c226.html

17 SB Nation   

Stop suggesting Eric Thames was on PEDs in Korea

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/25/15419040/eric-thames-homers-korea-kbo-peds

18 CBS Sports

MLB Tuesday scores, highlights, updates, news: Blue Jays get desperate at third base

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-tuesday-scores-highlights-updates-news-blue-jays-get-desperate-at-third-base/

19 Fangraphs

Why We Still Don’t Have a Great Command Metric

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-we-still-dont-have-a-great-command-metric/

20 Fox Sports

Why would Derek Jeter want to get involved with the Miami Marlins?

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/derek-jeter-miami-marlins-jeb-bush-ownership-group-jeffrey-loria-ken-rosenthal-042517

21 Baseball Prospectus

How Baseball Killed America, A Rabbit Killed Baseball, and History Killed a Fun Fact

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31684

22 Sports on Earth

MLB TEAM STATS THAT WON'T LAST

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/226389814/2017-team-stats-wont-last-early

23 Survey Results

https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-FBVTFNNB/