JAL’s Spring is Here Morning Links

Spring is Here Bobby Darin

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

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

Remembering Dino Restelli: The Pirates brightest flash in the pan

http://rumbunter.com/2017/05/16/remembering-dino-restelli-pirates-brightest-flash-pan/

7 Viva El Birdos

Cardinals Sport ‘67 Unis, Drop Battle with Sox

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/5/17/15651302/cardinals-sport-67-unis-drop-battle-with-sox

8 Green Weenie

Nats Pound Pirates 8-4

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/05/nats-pound-pirates-8-4.html

9 Red Reporter

Reds lose to Cubs 9-5 at Wrigley as wind fuels homer-happy outing

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/5/16/15650730/cincinnati-reds-lose-cubs-9-5-joey-votto-homer-bronson-arroyo

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Book Review: ‘Chicago Cubs, A Decade-By-Decade History’

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/5/16/15646264/book-review-chicago-cubs-a-decade-by-decade-history

11 Pirates Breakdown

Daniel Hudson’s Four Seamer Is Clearly Not Working

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/16/pittsburgh-pirates-daniel-hudson-pitches/

Now is the Time for the Pittsburgh Pirates to Solidify Their Batting Order

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/16/pittsburgh-pirates-batting-order-finalized/

12 ESPN

Inside Gift Ngoepe's nine-year journey to MLB

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19396572/pittsburgh-pirates-infielder-gift-ngoepe-journey-major-leagues

13 Pittsburgh City Paper

Mike Wysocki wraps up his list of the best Pittsburgh Pirates of the past 50 years with three of the best outfielders in major-league history

http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/mike-wysocki-wraps-up-his-list-of-the-best-pittsburgh-pirates-of-the-past-50-years-with-three-of-the-best-outfielders-in-major-league-history/Content?oid=2885169

14 IS Sports

Should the Pittsburgh Pirates trade Gerrit Cole?

http://www.isportsweb.com/2017/05/16/should-the-pittsburgh-pirates-trade-gerrit-cole/

15 Washington Post

Bullpen finally delivers, and the Nationals hold off Pirates, 8-4

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/?utm_term=.9d2c77decb70

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Ortiz: Three errors unacceptable for Cardinals

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jose-de-jesus-ortiz/ortiz-three-errors-unacceptable-for-cardinals/article_892b46cd-6250-51b0-b54d-e4485b70fd50.html

17 SB Nation   

The Yankees are enjoying an absurd number of renaissance players

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/5/16/15643214/new-york-yankees-2017

18 CBS Sports

MLB Tuesday scores, highlights, updates, news: Orioles top Tigers in 24-run slugfest

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-tuesday-scores-highlights-updates-news-orioles-top-tigers-in-24-run-slugfest/

19 Fangraphs

A More Selective Miguel Sano Is Crushing It

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-more-selective-miguel-sano-is-crushing-it/

20 Fox Sports

The Marlins need to tear down, even under a new owner

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/miami-marlins-new-owner-giancarlo-stanton-success-wayne-huizenga-jeffrey-loria-051617

21 Baseball Prospectus

The Worst Hitter From Each Team Who Could Start for the Royals

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31846

22 Sports on Earth

PLACE THE FACE: MLB EDITION

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/230726310/famous-faces-in-mlb-aaron-judge