JAL’s Dog in Midwinter Morning Links

Dogs in the Midwinter Jethro Tull

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-4fFuJsBxk

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: A Look back at the Caminero Trade

https://rumbunter.com/2017/08/25/pittsburgh-pirates-a-look-back-at-the-caminero-trade/

7 Viva El Birdos

Cardinals Drop Opener to Rays

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/8/26/16207984/interleague-is-dumb-anyway

8 Green Weenie

Too Little, Too Late: Pirates Fall To Reds Again 9-5

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/08/too-little-too-late-pirates-fall-to.html

9 Red Reporter

Robert Stephenson strikes out 11, Scott Schebler powers Reds past Pirates

https://www.redreporter.com/2017/8/25/16207578/robert-stephenson-11-strikeouts-scott-schebler-reds-pirates

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: August 25

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/8/26/16207656/chicago-cubs-minor-league-tyler-payne-williams-perez-javier-assad-will-remillard

11 Pirates Breakdown

Huntington Radio Show Recap: Injury updates,

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/08/13/pittsburgh-pirates-huntington-mccutchen-injury/

12 Dayton Daily News

Hal McCoy: Reds can’t afford to dump Bailey yet

http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/sports/hal-mccoy-reds-can-afford-dump-bailey-yet/pijkv0960m6D58uJcfxWSK/

13 KSDK

Starting Mike Leake is downright insanity by the Cardinals

http://www.ksdk.com/sports/commentary/starting-mike-leake-is-downright-insanity-by-the-cardinals/467281177

14 Bureau County Republican

Baseball is a game rich in great nicknames

http://www.bcrnews.com/2017/08/24/baseball-is-a-game-rich-in-great-nicknames/aoyffwe/

15 Gammons Daily

Peter Gammons: Historic view of the state of the Dodgers 2

http://www.gammonsdaily.com/peter-gammons-historic-view-of-the-state-of-the-dodgers/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

  BenFred: Time to put the Rally Cat to rest (figuratively)

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-time-to-put-the-rally-cat-to-rest-figuratively/article_1c3ab4f3-eb4d-57b4-bb6e-718b1f0fb671.html

17 SB Nation   

Yoenis Cespedes left Friday’s game with a leg injury, because it’s the Mets

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/25/16207336/yoenis-cespedes-leg-injury-mets-are-cursed

18 CBS Sports

Keri the 10: Rich Hill the unlikely star, a Yankees-Tigers brawl and more MLB notes

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/keri-the-10-rich-hill-the-unlikely-star-a-yankees-tigers-brawl-and-more-mlb-notes/

19 Fangraphs

The Era of Encroaching Dinger Reliance

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-era-of-encroaching-dinger-reliance/

20 Baseball Prospectus

The Red Badge of Milling Around

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32606

21 Sports on Earth

HILL WINS BEST PITCHER, IMPERFECTLY

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/250346122/rich-hill-loses-perfect-game-dodgers-pirates