JAL’s April Love Morning Links

April Love Connie Francis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQCs1PVXcE

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

First link is to new 2017 sheets but no data yet while second link is to 2016 data

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wMRQrWaQaLQvSs502k6qTzds_6JOlKjzNeaUNLtNLyc/edit#gid=0

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

5 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Shuffle Pitching Rotation

http://rumbunter.com/2017/04/06/pittsburgh-pirates-shuffle-pitching-rotation/

7 Viva El Birdos

Some hope for Mike Matheny’s management of the pitching staff

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/4/6/15202780/hope-for-mike-matheny-management-pitching-staff

8 Green Weenie

4/6 From the 80s Forward: Snow Day, That Hurts, Giles Big Day, Rally Time, Duels, Studio 21

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/04/46-from-80s-forward-snow-day-that-hurts.html

9 Red Reporter

Reds rally from early deficit, hold off Phillies 7-4

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/4/6/15208736/reds-rally-from-early-deficit-hold-off-phillies-7-4

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 6, Cardinals 4: Schwarbino!

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/6/15213570/cubs-cardinals-recap-kyle-schwarber-matt-szczur-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Minor Primer: Altoona Curve & Indianapolis Indians

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/06/pittsburgh-pirates-minors-preview-indy-altoona/

Closer Look at Jameson Taillon’s Dazzling Fifth Inning vs Boston

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/06/a-closer-look-at-jameson-taillons-dazzling-fifth-inning-vs-boston/

12 Over the Monster

Red Sox vs. Pirates is rained out; falling water to blame

http://www.overthemonster.com/2017/4/6/15205992/red-sox-vs-pirates-is-rained-out-falling-water-to-blame

13 The Salem News

Pirates' McCutchen cut template for Betts to follow

http://www.salemnews.com/sports/national_sports/pirates-mccutchen-cut-template-for-betts-to-follow/article_1d9a7f7b-e652-5710-9bee-c55815f3a23a.html

14 KDKA

Pirates Monitoring Weather, But Home Opener Is Still A Go

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/04/06/pirates-monitoring-weather-but-home-opener-is-still-a-go/

15 Atlanta Journal Constitution

Kemp’s 2 homers not nearly enough for Braves in 6-2 loss to Mets

http://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/kemp-homers-not-nearly-enough-for-braves-loss-mets/a8mV2gSIJYl5n88NHmLEsI/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Cards lose rubber match to Cubs 6-4

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-lose-rubber-match-to-cubs/collection_8223cb04-b0e1-5909-b8d4-ee6f938a7566.html

17 SB Nation   

The 5 players in the NL Central who matter the most

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/6/15200496/nl-central-cubs-arrieta-pirates-taillon-cardinals-diaz-reds-you-know-that-guy-with-the-hat

18 CBS Sports

Bat vs. Ball: A new way to use your old-school scorecard in the internet age

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bat-vs-ball-a-new-way-to-use-your-old-school-scorecard-in-the-internet-age/

19 Fangraphs

An Early Update on Andrew McCutchen’s Right-Field Experience

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/an-early-update-on-andrew-mccutchens-right-field-experience/

20 Fox Sports

The best place to sit to catch a home run in every MLB stadium

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/best-section-to-catch-home-run-every-mlb-stadium-040617

21 Baseball Prospectus

The 2017 BP Ballpark Events Are Here

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31533

22 Sports on Earth

Chasing An Epic Wire-to-Wire Season

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/222634426/baseball-secretariats-wire-to-wire-titles

Braves

1. Ender Inciarte (L) CF

2. Dansby Swanson (R) SS

3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B

4. Matt Kemp (R) LF

5. Nick Markakis (L) RF

6. Brandon Phillips (R) 2B

7. Adonis Garcia (R) 3B

8. Kurt Suzuki (R) C

9. Mike Foltynewicz (R) P

Pirates

1. Starling Marte (R) CF

2. Josh Bell (S) 1B

3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF

4. Gregory Polanco (L) LF

5. David Freese (R) 3B

6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

7. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Ivan Nova (R) P