JAL’s The Waiting Game Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsq050nVmk0

The Waiting Game  Brenda Lee

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 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

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

4 BFFL’s Pirates Stats Spreadsheet and Prediction Contest

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=775822168

BLOGS and such

5 Seattle Times

Mariners pitcher Wade Miley: ‘It’s on me. That entire game, that’s on me.’

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-pitcher-wade-miley-its-on-me-that-entire-game-thats-on-me/

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Seattle Mariners 1: Stars And Stiffs

http://rumbunter.com/2016/06/30/pittsburgh-pirates-8-seattle-mariners-1-stars-and-stiffs/

7 Viva El Birdos

June 29 Recap: Once Again, Not Quite

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/6/30/12063828/does-it-feel-like-this-happens-three-times-a-week-or-what

8 Green Weenie

6/29: Expo Closes, HBD Rock, #400 For Pops, Kiner Cover, Freddy Snaps Streak & More

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2016/06/629-expo-closes-hbd-rock-400-for-pops.html

9 Red Reporter

Cody Reed rocked early, often as Reds lose to Cubs 9-2

http://www.redreporter.com/2016/6/29/12060266/cody-reed-reds-cubs

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 9, Reds 2: Sweep!

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/6/29/12060928/cubs-reds-recap-anthony-rizzo-albert-almora-mlb-scores

11 Reviewing the Brew

Milwaukee Brewers: How Baseball America’s #26 Prospect Got Released

http://reviewingthebrew.com/2016/06/29/milwaukee-brewers-how-baseball-americas-26-prospect-got-released/

12 Pittsburgh Sporting News

Pirates could benefit from National League adopting DH</b>

http://www.pittsburghsportingnews.com/pittsburgh-pirates-designated-hitter-dh-mccutchen-meadows/

13 Pirates Breakdown

NL Central Focus: 6/29/16

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2016/06/29/nl-central-focus-62916/

14 Sports Illustrated

Inside Andrew McCutchen's decline, from analytics to the clubhouse

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/06/29/andrew-mccutchen-pittsburgh-pirates-stats

15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hochman: Poor base running is hindering Cardinals

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-poor-base-running-is-hindering-cardinals/article_19db3f55-5252-5ca1-961e-4221049dc48e.html

16 USA Today

Relentless Orioles hammering home runs at a record pace

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/06/29/relentless-orioles-hammering-home-runs-record-pace/86518018/

17 SB Nation   

How dumb should the American League make me feel?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/6/29/12059050/american-league-standings-rangers-indians-orioles

18 CBS Sports

MLB Power Rankings: Time to separate the contenders from the pretenders

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/25623258/mlb-power-rankings-time-to-separate-the-contenders-from-the-pretenders

19 Fangraphs

Jay Bruce Might Finally Get Traded

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jay-bruce-might-finally-get-traded/

20 Sports on Earth

MLB TRADE DEADLINE: BUY, SELL OR HOLD?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/187019346/mlb-buy-sell-hold-decisions-trade-deadline

21 Fox Sports

Joe Maddon is not a fan of baseball's unwritten rules

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/joe-maddon-chicago-cubs-kris-bryant-unwritten-rules-062916

22 Baseball Prospectus

One Entire Season Of Baseball From the 1970s

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=29648

23 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pirates notebook: Stars on disabled list will take big steps Friday

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2016/06/30/Pirates-Cole-Vogelsong-and-Cervelli-make-progress-in-rehab/stories/201606300208

Taillon throws Mariners for loop, Pirates offense awakens in 8-1 win

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pirates-Blog/2016/06/30/Sean-Rodriguez-Starling-Marte-lead-charge-as-Pirates-rout-Mariners-in-8-1-win/stories/201606300218