JAL’s Sword of the East Morning Links

Sword of the East Hawkwind

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

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

Looking back on the slow start of the 1979 Pirates

http://rumbunter.com/2017/05/05/looking-back-slow-start-1979-pirates/

7 Viva El Birdos

Injuries Abound, Cardinals Can’t Cobble Together Win

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/5/4/15552300/injuries-abound-cardinals-cant-cobble-together-win

8 Green Weenie

Buc Bats Stay Cold Against Reds; Cincy Takes Finale 4-2

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/05/buc-bats-stay-cold-against-reds-cincy.html

9 Red Reporter

Billy Hamilton gets steal number 200, Reds beat Pirates 4-2

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/5/4/15548154/billy-hamilton-200-career-steals-cincinnati-reds-beat-pirates

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 5, Phillies 4: Walkoff!

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/5/4/15551954/cubs-phillies-recap-miguel-montero-matt-szczur-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways and Throwaways – Reds Touch Up Nova, Take Series

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/04/takeaways-and-throwaways-pirates-lose-reds-series/

Breaking down Josh Harrison’s hot start to the 2017 season

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/04/pittsburgh-pirates-josh-harrison-2017/

12 New York Daily News

Why Yankees could make deal for Pirates' Gerrit Cole — or another front-line pitcher — at trade deadline

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-deal-pirates-gerrit-cole-deadline-article-1.3136922

13 Call to the Pen

National League Central contenders and pretenders

https://calltothepen.com/2017/05/04/national-league-central-contenders-and-pretenders/

14 National Pastime Museum

TRAINS, PLANES, AND BASEBALL

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/trains-planes-and-baseball

15 Beaver County Times

Pirates Perspective: Tyler Glasnow's improvement might not happen in majors if he can't go deeper in games

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/pirates/pirates-perspective-tyler-glasnow-s-improvement-might-not-happen-in/article_1502aa60-310f-11e7-9b61-07390573dace.html

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

BenFred's 5: Did Cards make a mistake in letting Holliday walk?

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-s-did-cards-make-a-mistake-in-letting-holliday/article_dd40d9c5-a75d-53f8-861f-568d37543cf4.html

17 SB Nation   

Who is the biggest ‘Evil Empire’ in sports, according to Twitter?

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/5/4/15543214/star-wars-may-4-evil-empire-sports-patriots-yankees-warriors

18 CBS Sports

The Unplugged Effect: How cord-cutting could become baseball's next huge crisis

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-unplugged-effect-how-cord-cutting-could-become-baseballs-next-huge-crisis/

19 Fangraphs

The Continuing Search for Baseball Talent All Over the World

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-continuing-search-for-baseball-talent-all-over-the-world/

20 Fox Sports

Ways to get on base in baseball, ranked

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/ways-to-get-on-base-in-baseball-ranked-050417

21 Baseball Prospectus

Wil Myers' Life in the Fast Lane

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31756

22 Sports on Earth

REGGIE: JUDGE 'LEADER OF THE PACK'

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/228279576/aaron-judge-yankees-cubs-series