JAL’s Sounds of Silence Morning Links

Sounds of Silence Simon and Garfunkel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4

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

Why is Gregory Polanco Struggling from the Plate?

http://rumbunter.com/2017/05/11/gregory-polanco-struggling-plate/

7 Viva El Birdos

Michael Wacha to have start skipped

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/5/11/15628086/michael-wacha-injury-news-to-have-start-skipped

8 Green Weenie

Bucs Keep Tumbling In 2-1 Loss To Arizona

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/05/bucs-keep-tumbling-in-2-1-loss-to.html

9 Red Reporter

Bronson Arroyo channels inner 2006, Reds down Giants 3-2

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/5/12/15628708/bronson-arroyo-cincinnati-reds-san-francisco-giants-score

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs Roster Move: Justin Grimm To Iowa, Eddie Butler Recalled

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/5/11/15625804/cubs-roster-move-justin-grimm-eddie-butler

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways and Throwaways – Pirates Lose Fifth in a Row

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/12/takeaways-and-throwaways-pirates-lose-fifth-in-a-row/

Back-End Rotation Problems

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/11/pittsburgh-pirates-wake-call-back-end-rotation-problems/

12 Arizona Sports

Pirates’ Daniel Hudson ‘excited to be home,’ looking forward to facing Diamondbacks

https://arizonasports.com/story/1114213/daniel-hudson-excited-to-be-home-looking-forward-to-facing-diamondbacks/

13 AZ Snake Pit

Snake in the Grass Q&A: Bucs Dugout

http://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/5/11/15621320/snake-in-the-grass-q-a-bucs-dugout-andrew-mccutchen-pittsburgh-pirates-goldschmidt

14 The Big Lead

The Sleepwalking Chicago Cubs Are Showing Signs of a World Series Hangover

http://thebiglead.com/2017/05/11/the-sleepwalking-chicago-cubs-are-showing-signs-of-a-world-series-hangover/

15 Arizona Republic

Zack Greinke flirts with no-hitter as Diamondbacks beat Pirates

http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2017/05/12/zack-greinke-flirts-no-hitter-dbacks-beat-pirates/319339001/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

BenFred's 5: What we learned from Cardinals' perfect road trip

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-s-what-we-learned-from-cardinals-perfect-road-trip/article_aca88870-7b27-58a7-bf2e-9f34fc4ec046.html

17 SB Nation   

10 things you should know about James Hoyt, 30-year-old rookie

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/5/11/15610364/james-hoyt-houston-astros-history-wingnuts

18 CBS Sports

MLB Thursday scores, highlights, updates, news: Kimbrel regaining elite closer status

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-thursday-scores-highlights-updates-news-kimbrel-regaining-elite-closer-status/

19 Fangraphs

Do the Reds Have Baseball’s Best Defense?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/do-the-reds-have-baseballs-best-defense/

20 Fox Sports

3 reasons behind the Cubs’ lackluster start (and how to fix them)

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/chicago-cubs-struggles-reasons-fix-pitching-slugging-defense-schwarber-bryant-rizzo-russell-maddon-051117

21 Baseball Prospectus

The Democratization of Dingers

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31799

22 Sports on Earth

MLB's Good, Bad and Unlucky

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/229627470/baseball-luck-affecting-records-in-may