JAL’s Old Blue Morning Links

Old Blue The Byrds

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

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 Need To Stop Platooning Josh Bell

https://rumbunter.com/2017/08/23/pirates-need-stop-platooning-josh-bell/

7 Viva El Birdos

Weaver, Lyons dominate Padres in

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/8/23/16195306/weaver-lyons-dominate-padres-in-6-2-win

8 Green Weenie

Bucs Wait 10 Innings For A Hit & Make It Count In 1-0 Win

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/08/bucs-wait-10-innings-for-hit-make-it.html

9 Red Reporter

Three late dingers can’t save Reds, who lose to Cubs 9-3

https://www.redreporter.com/2017/8/23/16194768/reds-lose-to-cubs-9-3

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: August 23

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/8/24/16195370/chicago-cubs-minor-league-wrap-jason-vosler-david-bote-manuel-rondon-jhon-romero-brenden-little

11 Pirates Breakdown

No need to worry about Jameson Taillon

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/08/23/jameson-taillon/

12 East Bay Times

Alameda’s long list of notable athletes

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/08/23/the-list-of-notable-athletes-is-long-from-the-hometown-of-alameda/

13 Allied News

EXTRA INNINGS: 2017 Pirates - Rest in Peace

http://www.alliednews.com/sports/extra-innings-pirates---rest-in-peace/article_55b7b4d6-87f6-11e7-98b2-1b5602709319.html

14 ESPN

Real or Not? Rich Hill's near no-no was an all-time heartbreaker

http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/82167/real-or-not-rich-hills-near-no-no-was-an-all-time-heartbreaker

15 L A Times

Rich Hill flirts with perfection and ends up with heartache in Dodgers' 1-0 loss to Pirates in 10 innings

http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-pirates-20170823-story.html

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

  Rosenthal's prolonged absence leaves Cardinals searching now, later for closer

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/rosenthal-s-prolonged-absence-leaves-cardinals-searching-now-later-for/article_1c489412-d3a4-548d-af30-dda29e5c5fde.html

17 SB Nation   

The unwritten rules of stealing signs and taking your sweet time with it

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/8/23/16189764/mlb-stealing-signs-pace-of-play

18 CBS Sports

That time Tommy Lasorda got the Expos mascot tossed out of a 22-inning, 1-0 game

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/that-time-tommy-lasorda-got-the-expos-mascot-tossed-out-of-a-22-inning-1-0-game/

19 Fangraphs

Players’ View: Will Hitters Adjust to the High-Spin High Heater?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/players-view-will-hitters-adjust-to-the-high-spin-high-heater/

20 Baseball Prospectus

A Broadcaster Out of Step with His Time

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32581

21 Sports on Earth

RIVAL REVIVAL: WHEN STARS JUMP SIDES

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/250104750/kyrie-irving-trade-players-going-to-rivals

Dodgers

1. Chris Taylor (R) CF

2. Curtis Granderson (L) LF

3. Justin Turner (R) 3B

4. Yasmani Grandal (S) C

5. Adrian Gonzalez (L) 1B

6. Yasiel Puig (R) RF

7. Logan Forsythe (R) 2B

8. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS

9. Hyun-Jin Ryu (R) P

Pirates

1. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

2. Adam Frazier (L) RF

3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. David Freese (R) 3B

6. Sean Rodriguez (R) LF

7. Elias Diaz (R) C

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Chad Kuhl (R) P