JAL’s Beyond the Blue Horizon Morning Links

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=633oRJ89dIA

Jeanette MacDonald - Beyond the Blue Horizon  This is a 1950 recording.  Jeanette introduced this song in a 1930 movie, one of the early talkies

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 BFFL’s 2016 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=0

4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

5 ESPN

MLB calendar and key dates

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?page=mlb_calendar

BLOGS and such

6 Allied News

EXTRA INNINGS: Pirates at the ROOT of TV coverage

http://www.alliednews.com/sports/extra-innings-pirates-at-the-root-of-tv-coverage/article_177fe1a4-e13d-11e5-aa88-3bbba97c7bec.html

     

7 Viva El Birdos

Michael Wacha and fastball command

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/3/3/11151288/michael-wacha-and-fastball-command-or-lackthererof-really

8 Green Weenie

3/3: HBD Yaller, Neal & Trent; Bucs Buy Debs

 

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2016/03/33-hbd-yaller-neal-trent-bucs-buy-debs.html

9 Reds Reporter

Reds 9, Indians 1 - Cincinnati's quest for undefeated season cannot be stopped

http://www.redreporter.com/2016/3/3/11156550/cincinnati-reds-cleveland-indians-spring-training

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Brewers 2, Cubs 1: The Adventures Of Javier Baez

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/3/3/11158292/cubs-brewers-recap-javier-baez-dan-vogelbach-mlb-scores

11 Reviewing the Brew

Brewers Game 1: By the Numbers

          

http://reviewingthebrew.com/2016/03/03/brewers-game-1-numbers/

12 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pirates get looks at pitchers Vogelsong, Niese </b>

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2016/03/03/Pittsburgh-Pirates-get-looks-at-pitchers-Ryan-Vogelsong-and-Jon-Niese/stories/201603030245

13 Pittsburgh Sporting News

Pirates pitching allows 10 runs in loss

http://www.pittsburghsportingnews.com/pirates-pitching-allows-10-runs-in-loss/

14 Pirates Breakdown

Sights & Sounds from Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training – Doc Emrick in the Booth

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2016/03/sights-sounds-from-pittsburgh-pirates-spring-training-doc-emrick-in-the-booth/

15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hochman: Confident Lyons brings versatility to Cards

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-confident-lyons-brings-versatility-to-cards/article_5c03aef3-3af3-538f-9503-eb6d145b14cf.html

16 USA Today

Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hits two-run home run in first spring at-bat

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/03/03/yankees-alex-rodriguez-hits-two-run-home-run-first-spring--bat/81290648/

17 SB Nation   

The Brewers are preparing to say whether their dog mascot is an impostor

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/3/3/11156118/brewers-hank-dog-press-conference-impostor

18 CBS Sports

MLB OVER/UNDERS: THE CUBS WITH CONVICTION IN 2016

http://www.sportsline.com/insiders/25503066/mlb-over-unders-the-cubs-with-conviction-in-2016/?TTAG=ed_cvr_cbssports_snyder_0303

19 Fangraphs

Baseball’s Best Backups

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/baseballs-best-backups/

20 Sports on Earth

DROUGHTS OUT? 5 MLB PLAYOFF HOPEFULS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/166114570/mlb-postseason-droughts-mariners-marlins-sox

LONDON BALLIN': DERBY STAKES ARE HIGH

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/166078928/arsenal-tottenham-north-london-derby-preview

21 Fox Sports

Sean Rodriguez extends olive branch to the Gatorade cooler he assaulted

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/mlb-pittsburgh-pirates-sean-rodriguez-gatorade-cooler-make-up-030316

22 Sarasota Herald Tribune

Joyce enjoying opportunity with new team

http://springtraining.heraldtribune.com/2016/03/03/joyce-enjoying-opportunity-with-new-team/

23 KDKA

Clint Hurdle: We Have Something That Our Rivals Don’t

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/03/03/clint-hurdle-we-have-something-that-our-rivals-dont/