Wednesday, August 24, 2016

JAL’s My Own Kind of Hat Morning Links








My Own Kind of Hat Merle Haggard

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES


1- MLB Transactions


2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates


3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection


4 BFFL’s Pirates Stats Spreadsheet and Prediction Contest


BLOGS and such


5 Houston Chronicle

Pirates take advantage of Joe Musgrove's off night to take down Astros


6 Rumbunter


Pittsburgh Pirates: Next Wave of Top Pitching Prospects



7 Viva El Birdos

Cardinals LOBster their way to a 7-4 loss to Mets


8 Green Weenie

Blame It On The Bossa Nova: Bucs Snap Streak With 7-1 Win


9 Red Reporter

Dan Straily shuts out Rangers, Reds top Texas 3-0



10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Padres, Tuesday 8/23, 9:10 CT


11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Takeaways & Throwaways – Nova, Polanco Lead Way to Easy Win


How bad Are These Pittsburgh Pirates at Baserunning?



12 New York Times

Knee Injury Forces Mets’ John Niese to Leave Game in First Inning</b>



13 Beaver County Times

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle preaches patience in pennant race, sees results pay off with two Polanco home runs



14 Reviewing the Brew

Milwaukee Brewers: Roster Comparison 2011 to 2016 (First Base)


15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Halting start at home for Garcia, Cards in loss to Mets


16 USA Today

Max Kepler, a major league success story, clears path from Europe to MLB



17 SB Nation   

Every rebuilding team in the National League is doing something right



18 CBS Sports

Where have all the pinch hitters gone? Pirates' Joyce mastering vanishing craft


19 Fangraphs

How to Solve a Problem Like the Diamondbacks


20 Sports on Earth

LA RUSSA LOST HIS PERFECT ENDING



21 Fox Sports

6 MLB players who can be traded by the Aug. 31 deadline


22 Baseball Prospectus

Verlander's Third Act


http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30199

Astros  65-61 vs Pirates 63-60  12:35


Astros


Pirates


Astros Lineup

1. George Springer (R) RF
2. Alex Bregman (R) 3B
3. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
4. Carlos Correa (R) SS
5. Evan Gattis (R) C
6. Marwin Gonzalez (S) LF
7. A.J. Reed (L) 1B
8. Teoscar Hernandez (R) CF
9. Collin McHugh (R) P

Pirates Lineup

1. Josh Harrison (R) 2B
2. Matt Joyce (L) RF
3. Starling Marte (R) CF
4. Gregory Polanco (L) LF
5. Josh Bell (S) 1B
6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C
7. Sean Rodriguez (R) 3B
8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS