Sunday, April 16, 2017

JAL’s Easter Parade Morning Links

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Easter Parade Judy Garland and Fred Astaire


1- MLB Transactions


2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates


3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection


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



5 Retrosheet


6 Rumbunter


Pittsburgh Pirates: A Look at the Pitching Rankings




7 Viva El Birdos

4.15.17 Cards @ Yankees Recap: Cards Fall Again, 3-2


8 Green Weenie

Pirates Gloves Dig Big Hole; Bucco Bombs Cover the Damage In 8-7 Win.



9 Red Reporter

Reds Lineup Powers Past Brewers 7-5


10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Pirates 8, Cubs 7: The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing In The Wind


11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways And Throwaways – Pittsburgh Pirates Blast Their Way to a Series Win Over the Chicago Cubs


Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Kevin Kramer Turning Heads Early


12 Sporting News

Mets' Jose Reyes led 'double life' for years, ex-mistress alleges


13 New York Post

As baseball loses young fans, can the game be saved?


14 WXIA

Brandon Phillips on lack of African Americans in MLB: "Baseball is boring"


15 Washington Post

Nationals’ bullpen issues persist in 4-2 loss to Phillies


16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Cardinals fan 17 Yankees — and manage to lose wild, ugly game 3-2



17 SB Nation   

Jackie Robinson Day isn't a celebration of when everything was fixed forever




18 CBS Sports

MLB Saturday scores, highlights, updates, news: Santana, Chatwood flirt with no-nos


19 Fangraphs

Which Pitcher Stats Have Relevance This Early (With a Note on Clayton Kershaw)


20 Fox Sports

MLB Pre-History: Remembering Jim Creighton


21 Baseball Prospectus

Jon Singleton, Suited Connector


22 Sports on Earth

APRIL MLB ODDITIES: 7 STATS TO PONDER


http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/224272656/april-baseball-weird-stats

Pirates

1. Jordy Mercer (R) SS
2. Starling Marte (R) CF
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF
4. David Freese (R) 1B
5. Francisco Cervelli (R) C
6. Josh Harrison (R) 3B
7. Phil Gosselin (R) 2B
8. Adam Frazier (L) LF
9. Jameson Taillon (R) P

Cubs

1. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF
2. Kris Bryant (R) 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Ben Zobrist (S) RF
5. Addison Russell (R) SS
6. Jason Heyward (L) CF
7. Willson Contreras (R) C
8. Jon Lester (L) P
9. Javier Baez (R) 2B




Pirates
Jameson Taillon (R)     

 Cubs