JAL’s Sea of Love Morning Links

Sea of Love The National 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ7adq3hoxw

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

The Pirates Should Promote Austin Meadows

http://rumbunter.com/2017/04/19/pirates-promote-austin-meadows/

7 Viva El Birdos

Cardinals sweep Pirates with third straight 2-1 win behind Fowler home runs

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/4/19/15363364/fowlergohr

8 Green Weenie

Heard This One Before? - Cards Win 2-1, Sweep Series

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/04/heard-this-one-before-cards-win-2-1.html

9 Red Reporter

Amir Garrett strikes out twelve Baltimore Orioles, Reds still lose 2-0

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/4/19/15365602/amir-garrett-cincinnati-reds-orioles-ubaldo

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 7, Brewers 4: Addison Russell Walks It Off!

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/19/15365530/cubs-brewers-recap-addison-russell-kris-bryant-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates have to be careful with their handling of Adam Frazier

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/19/pirates-careful-handling-adam-frazier/

Takeaways and Throwaways – Cards Win 2-1, Sweep Away Pirates

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/19/pittsburgh-pirates-swept-cardinals/

12 Beyond the Boxscore

The learning curve is steep for Josh Bell

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2017/4/19/15343428/josh-bell-pittsburgh-pirates-aggressive-approach

13 Sports Illustrated

The Pirates' Jameson Taillon is emerging into a frontline starter

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/04/19/jameson-taillon-pittsburgh-pirates

14 Minor League Ball

MLB Rookie Profile: Jose Osuna, 1B-OF, Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/4/19/15355578/mlb-rookie-profile-jose-osuna-1b-of-pittsburgh-pirates

15 New York Post

Instead of saying you took PEDs by accident, just shut up

http://nypost.com/2017/04/19/instead-of-saying-you-took-peds-by-accident-just-shut-up/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Gordo: Starting pitchers stand tall, lead Cards sweep

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-starting-pitchers-stand-tall-lead-cards-sweep/article_4937642c-6537-5419-84eb-f1895443c68c.html

17 SB Nation   

Starling Marte’s PED suspension is a simple fact of life for baseball

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/19/15349874/starling-marte-ped-suspension-steroids

18 CBS Sports

MLB Wednesday scores, highlights, news, updates: Russell, Fowler come up big

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-wednesday-scores-highlights-news-updates-russell-fowler-come-up-big/

19 Fangraphs

Replacing Starling Marte

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/replacing-starling-marte/

20 Fox Sports

Starling Marte’s PED suspension proves that MLB’s policy isn’t strict enough

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/starling-martie-pittsburgh-pirates-ped-suspension-041917

21 Baseball Prospectus

What Ozzie Smith Thinks Can (and Can't) Make Baseball Better

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31641

22 Sports on Earth

STARLING SUSPENSION: FACTS VS. FICTION

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/225237428/starling-marte-suspension-facts-fiction

23 New Survey From Foo

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KDT9ZCV