Tuesday, April 17, 2018

JAL’s Tobacco Road Morning Links

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Tobacco Road The Nashville Teens


MLB Transactions



2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates



3 Baseball Reference


4 Retrosheet


5 Rumbunter


Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch: Brandon Waddell off to Hot Start




6 Viva El Birdos</b>

The coldest game ever played - An evening of non-Cardinals sports open thread



7 Green Weenie


4/16: Dazzy; Merced/Bell Grand Slams; DeLeon K-Fest; Bowman Deal; Game Stories; HBD Big Poison & Piggy



8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Today in Chicago Cubs history: The very first WGN-TV baseball telecast



9 Pirates Breakdown

Can the Pirates get by without Josh Harrison?



10 The Point of Pittsburgh

When Will The Pirates Have A Late Round Find?


11 Denver Post</b>

Hot Colorado Rockies ignore cold, beat Pittsburgh Pirates behind stellar start from German Marquez




12 Lone Star Ball

Texas Rangers acquire Tony Sanchez from Cincinnati Reds





13 Wisconsin News

BLOMBERG COLUMN: Like the weather, baseball has brought us many surprises.



14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  BenFred's 5: Can streaking Cardinals carry the fight to Wrigley Field?



15 SB Nation

A Royals team bus avoided disaster after ice hit the windshield and injured the driver.




16 CBS Sports

MLB's biggest problem is not pace of play, and it's only getting worse in 2018



17 Fangraphs

The Bonkers Game That Probably Shouldn’t Have Been


18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

The Year of the Pitcher: Baseball 50 Years Ago (April 15, 1968)



19 National Pastime Museum

Chicago Cubs’ World Series Win of 1908? The American League Pennant Race Was Better!


20 Blog Predictions



Rockies at Pirates 7:05 PM


 Rockies

Chad Bettis (R) 

                     
Pirates


Rockies

1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
2. Gerardo Parra (L) LF
3. Charlie Blackmon (L) CF
4. Carlos Gonzalez (L) RF
5. Ian Desmond (R) 1B
6. Trevor Story (R) SS
7. Ryan McMahon (L) 3B
8. Tony Wolters (L) C
9. Chad Bettis (R) P

Pirates

1. Sean Rodriguez (R) 2B
2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF
3. Starling Marte (R) CF
4. Josh Bell (S) 1B
5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF
6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C
7. Colin Moran (L) 3B
8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS
9. Trevor Williams (R) P