Saturday, August 22, 2015

JAL’s Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Morning Links








Breaking Up is Hard to Do  Neil Sedaka number 12 dropping from number 2 the week before

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions


2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates


3 BFFL’s 2015 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet


4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection


5 MLB

Pirates Broadcast Schedule


BLOGS and such

6 Blog Red Machine


Cincinnati Reds Lose 7th Straight, Falling 6-3 to Diamondbacks



7 Viva El Birdos

2015.08.21 Cardinals at Padres Recap: Ham hands, homers, hilarity leads to Cardinal loss


8 Green Weenie

Giants Locke-d In Early, Hold On For 6-4 Win To Even Series


8/21: Joey Bats Trade; Jerry Lynch Sets Mark; Rennie Breaks Leg; HBD Chief; Dock Sounds Off; JT's Contract



9 Rumbunter

Bumgarner Homers as San Francisco Giants Defeat Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4


Josh Harrison returns to Pirates - what does this mean for team?


10 City of Champions

> Pirates, Cardinals, And Cubs May Expose MLB Playoff System</b>


11 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 5, Braves 3: The Way Good Teams Win


12 Reviewing the Brew

Milwaukee Brewers: Neal Cotts Appears to be Departing


13 Raise the Jolly Roger

As Expected



NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

14 Pittsburgh Sporting News

Alvarez making improvements in becoming two-way player


15 St Louis Post Dispatch

Cards do Lackey no favors in loss


16 USA Today

Astros' Mike Fiers tosses no-hitter against Dodgers


17 SB Nation   

The reeling Nationals call up Trea Turner in hopes of finding a spark


18 CBS Sports

MLB enacts domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy


Pirates vs Giants Game Preview



19 Fangraphs

The Uneasy, Perfect Fit: The Six-Man Rotation & the Mets


20 Sports on Earth

WHY CHASE UTLEY SHOULD MAKE THE HOF



21 Just a Bit Outside

DETROIT DILEMMA: REBUILD OR RELOAD?


22 San Jose Mercury News

Byrd, Bumgarner star in Giants win


23 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Bumgarner, Byrd beat Pirates with bats in 6-4 win


Pirates notebook: Harrison jumps right in as leadoff man


Bob Smizik: Pirates almost at full strength


24 KDKA

Pittsburgh Pirates Get the ‘Family Matters’ Treatment