JAL’s Love’s a Dangerous Language Morning Links

Love’s a Dangerous Language ABC

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

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

Pirates Futility Against Cincinnati is Missed Opportunity

https://rumbunter.com/2017/08/06/pirates-futility-cincinnati-missed-opportunity/

7 Viva El Birdos

Cardinals destroyed the Reds 8.6.17

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/8/6/16104170/cardinals-destroyed-the-reds-8-6-17-bloodbath

8 Green Weenie

Nice To Have Ya Back S-Rod: Sean Gone Walks It Off In 12th 5-4

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/08/nice-to-have-ya-back-s-rod-sean-gone.html

9 Red Reporter

Homer gets thumped, Reds fall to Cards 13-4

https://www.redreporter.com/2017/8/6/16104416/homer-gets-thumped-reds-fall-to-cards-13-4

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Nationals 9, Cubs 4: Bullpen implosion

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/8/6/16104770/cubs-nationals-recap-willson-contreras-cj-edwards-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Huntington Radio Show Recap: Sean Rodriguez, George Kontos & More

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/08/06/pittsburgh-pirates-huntington-show/

12 Motor City Bengals

Detroit Tigers: Four players to watch in series vs Pittsburgh Pirates

https://motorcitybengals.com/2017/08/06/detroit-tigers-players-watch-pirates/

13 San Diego Union Tribune

Padres' pen falters after Hand's magic act

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sd-sp-padres-pirates-game-20170806-story.html

14 Reading Eagle

Brian Smith: Pete Rose is his own worst enemy

http://www.readingeagle.com/sports/article/brian-smith-pete-rose-is-his-own-worst-enemy

15 Minor League Ball

Power's Escobar puts up zeros into seventh

https://www.milb.com/milb/news/pittsburgh-pirates-luis-escobar-throws-6-23-scoreless-innings-for-west-virginia/c-246674312/t-185364810

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

  Hummel: Can the Dodgers go all the way?

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/hummel-can-the-dodgers-go-all-the-way/article_465bcf8e-108c-5dba-9a74-614b0a3e1db7.html

17 SB Nation   

Willson Contreras is firing the Cubs back to the top of their division

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/8/6/16103162/nl-central-chicago-cubs-wilson-contreras-mlb

18 CBS Sports

Sunday MLB scores, highlights, updates, news: Rays hit rare walk-off home run

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/sunday-mlb-scores-highlights-updates-news-rays-hit-rare-walk-off-home-run/

19 Fangraphs

Rick Hahn, Ben Cherington, and Others from Saber Seminar

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/rick-hahn-ben-cherington-and-others-from-saber-seminar/

20 Baseball Prospectus

The Call-Up:  Max Fried

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32463

21 Sports on Earth

GRADING ATHLETES' CAREER FINALES

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/246793772/athlete-finale-grades-bolt-jordan-elway-jeter