JAL’s Last of the Steam Powered Trains Morning Links

Last of the Steam Powered Trains  The Kinks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtfoJ8pPE5c

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: 2016 Draft Pick Brent Gibbs

http://rumbunter.com/2017/08/03/pittsburgh-pirates-2016-draft-pick-brent-gibbs/

7 Viva El Birdos

The Cardinals Refuse to Be .500

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/8/3/16091008/the-cardinals-refuse-to-be-500

8 Green Weenie

8/3 Events: Ol' Switcheroo, Bragan Canned, Feeney HoF, ASG, Gott Comes, Hank Goes, HBD Jim, Sid, Kevin & Matt

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/08/83-events-ol-switcheroo-bragan-canned.html

9 Red Reporter

Pirates beat Reds 6-0 in series finale

https://www.redreporter.com/2017/8/3/16093092/pirates-beat-reds-joey-votto-good-great-awesome

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Diamondbacks 10, Cubs 8: The Wade Davis question

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/8/3/16093288/cubs-diamondbacks-recap-willson-contreras-wade-davis-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Pirates showing aggressiveness with promotion of Mitch Keller

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/08/03/pirates-showing-aggressiveness-promotion-mitch-keller/

12 KDKA

Former GM Jim Bowden: ‘This Is The Way It’s Always Going To Be’

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/08/03/jim-bowden-pirates-always-going-to-be/

13 Cincinnati Com

Reds Recap: Offense silent in loss to Pirates

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2017/08/03/reds-recap-offense-silent-loss-pirates/538957001/

14 Latin Times

Venezuelan MLB Players Afraid To Go Back Home, Expert Marion Smith Weighs In About Crisis [INTERVIEW]

http://www.latintimes.com/venezuelan-mlb-players-afraid-go-back-home-expert-marion-smith-weighs-about-crisis-421710

15 Marietta Daily Journal

Braves' Rodriguez cherishes chances after January car wreck

http://www.mdjonline.com/sports/atlanta_braves/braves-rodriguez-cherishes-chances-after-january-car-wreck/article_0d24c18a-78bc-11e7-a490-93b60d4bb1d6.html

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

  BenFred: In baseball's power-mad season, Cardinals' bats keep coming up flat

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-in-baseball-s-power-mad-season-cardinals-bats-keep/article_ae69b721-485b-5b0f-9026-a29d2e794604.html

17 SB Nation   

Why are there MLB trades in August?

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/3/16084370/mlb-trades-august-deadline-explainer

18 CBS Sports

MLB Thursday scores, highlights, updates, news: Mets lose in a very Mets way

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-thursday-scores-highlights-updates-news-mets-lose-in-a-very-mets-way/

19 Fangraphs

Mid-Season Park Factor Update

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mid-season-park-factor-update/

20 Baseball Prospectus

The August 2017 Panic Index

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32440

21 Sports on Earth

2017 World Series Urgency Index

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/246167664/mlb-world-series-urgency-index-2017