JAL’s Desert Song Morning Links

Desert Song Dead Can Dance 

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

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

Gerrit Cole Is Rounding Back Into Ace Form

http://rumbunter.com/2017/04/26/gerrit-cole-rounding-back-ace-form/

7 Viva El Birdos

Familiar Mistakes Cost Cards Series Opener

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/4/26/15430826/familiar-mistakes-cost-cards-series-opener

8 Green Weenie

Bucs Start Off On Fire, Then Hang On To Take 6-5 Win From Chi-Town

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/04/bucs-start-off-on-fire-then-hang-on-to.html

9 Red Reporter

Rookie Davis roughed up in return from DL, Reds fall to Brewers 9-4

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/4/26/15438558/rookie-davis-cincinnati-reds-brewers-score

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Kris Bryant On Bat Flips And The Home Run Derby

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/26/15435394/kris-bryant-bat-flips-home-run-derby

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways & Throwaways- Bell, Harrison homers power Pirates over Cubs

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/26/takeaways-throwaways-bell-harrison-homers-power-pirates-cubs/

12 Number Fire

Ivan Nova Has Been Elite Since Joining the Pittsburgh Pirates

https://www.numberfire.com/mlb/news/14281/ivan-nova-has-been-elite-since-joining-the-pittsburgh-pirates

13 KDKA

‘It Was A Long Road’: Pirates’ Player Makes MLB History

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/04/27/pirates-gift-ngoepe-mlb-first-african-born-player/

14 MLB

A toast to Phil Coyne, the Pirates' 99-year-old usher celebrating his 81st year(!) on the job

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/04/26/226756524/pirates-usher-phil-coyne-celebrates-his-99th-birthday-at-the-ballpark

15 Chicago Tribune

Jon Lester goes winless for month as Cubs come up short in loss to Pirates

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-pirates-spt-0427-20170426-story.html

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

20 things we learned in Cards' first 20 games

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/things-we-learned-in-cardinals-first-games/collection_e8c4d0e4-3c2e-57ff-8962-3c0d8adc250e.html

17 SB Nation   

Gift Ngoepe, the first African-born player in MLB, singles in first at-bat

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/4/26/15444808/gift-ngoepe-africa-mlb-singles-first-at-bat

18 CBS Sports

MLB Power Rankings: Rockies and Diamondbacks giving us wild, wild NL West

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-power-rankings-rockies-and-diamondbacks-giving-us-wild-wild-nl-west/

19 Fangraphs

What Thames and Fielder Learned in Exile

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-thames-and-fielder-learned-in-exile/

20 Fox Sports

Ranking the 10 best free agents in MLB’s loaded 2018 class

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/free-agents-2018-bryce-harper-manny-machado-clayton-kershaw-donaldson-price-miller-mccutchen-murphy-keuchel-042617

21 Baseball Prospectus

Two Science Fiction Short Stories

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31691

22 Sports on Earth

LET'S LEAVE THAMES ALONE: HE'S GREAT

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/226593348/eric-thames-ped-accusations

23 Survey Results

https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-FBVTFNNB/