JAL’s Rainy Days and Mondays Morning Links

Rainy Days and Mondays  Carpenters

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

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 Most Important Pittsburgh Pirates in the Season’s Second Half

http://rumbunter.com/2017/07/12/important-pittsburgh-pirates-seasons-second-half/

7 Viva El Birdos

Who is the real Adam Wainwright?

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/7/12/15935034/who-is-the-real-adam-wainwright

8 Green Weenie

7/12 TRS-PNC Park Era: Co-No-No; Cobra Debut; Big Bo Bop; Card Thrillas; HBD Brad, Phil & Gorzo, Game Stories

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/07/712-trs-pnc-park-era-co-no-no-cobra.html

9 Red Reporter

Great Scott for Jay Bruce!

https://www.redreporter.com/2017/7/12/15960002/great-scott-for-jay-bruce

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

5 memorable games from the 2017 Cubs’ first half

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/7/12/15958306/5-memorable-games-2017-cubs-first-half

11 Pirates Breakdown

Starling Marte set to serve as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ mid-season addition

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/07/12/pittsbugh-pirates-starling-marte-addition/

12 Dominion Post

Bears P Wallace follows brother into pro ball

http://www.dominionpost.com/Bears-P-Wallace-follows-brother

13 ESPN

From the spotlight to the trade block: All-Stars open up as deadline looms

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19966769/from-spotlight-trade-block-mlb-all-stars-open-trade-deadline-looms

14 Allied News

EXTRA INNINGS: What to do with McCutchen

http://www.alliednews.com/sports/extra-innings-what-to-do-with-mccutchen/article_a3d862d8-66fd-11e7-be14-9b76ccdf2009.html

15 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Wake Up Call: Bad time for a break?

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/07/10/pittsburgh-pirates-wake-call-bad-time-break/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

  Midseason report: Clock is ticking on Cardinals

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/midseason-report-clock-is-ticking-on-cardinals/article_a7e6ca8f-9766-5b3b-8ba7-9b6fa1f0ac82.html

17 SB Nation   

The MLB All-Star game is better without consequences, but still drags on too long

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/7/12/15956838/2017-mlb-all-star-game-make-it-shorter-too-long-innings

18 CBS Sports

2017 MLB All-Star Game: 13 things to know about the AL's extra innings win

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2017-mlb-all-star-game-13-things-to-know-about-the-als-extra-innings-win/

19 Fangraphs

2017 Trade Value: #31 to #40

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2017-trade-value-31-to-40/

20 NBC Sports

Rob Manfred thinks bats are to blame for home run spike

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/07/12/rob-manfred-thinks-bats-are-to-blame-for-home-run-spike/

21 Baseball Prospectus

10 Innings of All-Star Fun

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32270

22 Sports on Earth

ALL SMILES AT THE ALL-STAR GAME

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/241851300/all-star-game-baseball-fun-again-yadier-molina

                                       

23 Foo All Star Break Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7RJNSMG

New q 3 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YT6KJ8F