JAL’s Free Fallin’ Morning Links

 

Free Fallin’ Tom Petty

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

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

Recapping the 2017 Indianapolis Indians Season

https://rumbunter.com/2017/10/02/recapping-the-2017-indianapolis-indians-season/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

The Cardinals were right to trust their process with Luis Robert

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/10/2/16394848/cardinals-analytics-prospect-scouting

8 Green Weenie

10/2 Happenings: HBD Ernie,Honest Eddie, Rex, Maury, Big Red & Marino; Lamont Axed, Bucs Sold & More

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/10/102-happenings-hbd-erniehonest-eddie.html

9 Red Reporter

The Red Reporter Crock-Pot League

https://www.redreporter.com/2017/10/2/16402418/the-red-reporter-crock-pot-league

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Chicago Cubs 2017 final season grades

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/10/2/16395840/chicago-cubs-2017-final-season-grades

11 Pirates Breakdown

The Pittsburgh Pirates face an incredibly pivotal off-season

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/10/02/pittsburgh-pirates-pivotal-offseason/

12 Forbes

MLB Season Attendance Dips Below 73 Million For First Time Since 2000

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2017/10/02/final-2017-mlb-attendance-dips-below-73-million-for-first-time-since-2000/#37a6a2c79fd0

13 USA Today

MLB's wild card game: Five years in, it's the peak of postseason drama

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/10/02/mlb-wild-card-game/723627001/

14 Valley News

Commentary: Save the Knuckleball

http://www.vnews.com/Column-Baseball-without-the-knuckler-would-be-a-real-shame-12877596

15 Washington Post

In MLB playoff format, ‘Sometimes those off days can be tough on good teams’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/in-mlb-playoff-format-sometimes-those-off-days-can-be-tough-on-good-teams/2017/10/02/378c59e8-a787-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?utm_term=.188b71272859

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  7 reasons the 2017 Cardinals fell short

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/reasons-the-cardinals-fell-short/collection_d469ed58-3d48-5779-abf0-8043a634b4db.html

17 SB Nation

MLB playoffs game times announced for first week of 2017 postseason

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/10/1/16382118/mlb-playoffs-schedule-2017-game-times-division-series-wild-card-games-espn-fox-tbs

18 CBS Sports

MLB free agency, Hot Stove things to know: Dates, top free agents, trade candidates

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-free-agency-hot-stove-things-to-know-dates-top-free-agents-trade-candidates/

19 Fangraphs

Three Days in Cincinnati

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/three-days-in-cincinnati/

20 Baseball Prospectus</b>

What You Need to Know: The Last One

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32890

21 Sports on Earth

'PENS MIGHTIEST IN THE POSTSEASON?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/257151664/playoffs-best-bullpens


WC Playoff Game 1  8:09 PM  ESPN

Twins  Ervin Santana (R)  16-8   3.28 ERA   Yankees Luis Severino (R)  14-6  2.98 ERA

Twins

1. Brian Dozier (R) 2B

2. Joe Mauer (L) 1B

3. Jorge Polanco (S) SS

4. Eddie Rosario (L) LF

5. Eduardo Escobar (S) 3B

6. Max Kepler (L) RF

7. Byron Buxton (R) CF

8. Jason Castro (L) C

9. Robbie Grossman (S) DH

Yankees

1. Brett Gardner (L) LF

2. Aaron Judge (R) RF

3. Gary Sanchez (R) C

4. Didi Gregorius (L) SS

5. Starlin Castro (R) 2B

6. Greg Bird (L) 1B

7. Aaron Hicks (S) CF

8. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) DH

9. Todd Frazier (R) 3B