JAL’s Pasadena Morning Links

 

Pasadena – Temperance Seven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0UdkKH-0Es

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

Pittsburgh Pirates: 2017 Draft Season Recap Shane Baz

https://rumbunter.com/2017/10/05/pittsburgh-pirates-2017-draft-season-recap-shane-baz/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Bucking the Trend with Derek Lilliquist

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/10/5/16416700/reasons-cardinals-fired-derek-lilliquist-pitching-coach

8 Green Weenie

10/5 TRS-PNC Park: Bucs Win in '71, '79; Lose Four Playoffs (Dang Reds!); Tracy Fired

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/10/105-trs-pnc-park-bucs-win-in-71-79-lose.html

9 Red Reporter

For whom to root - American League Edition

https://www.redreporter.com/2017/10/5/16429568/baseball-postseason-indians-yankees-astros-red-sox

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

MLB Playoffs 2017: A look at Cubs and Nationals starting pitchers

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/10/5/16421374/mlb-playoffs-2017-cubs-nationals-starting-pitchers

11 Pirates Breakdown

Deception gives George Kontos an inside track to a 2018 bullpen spot

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/10/05/pittsburgh-pirates-kontos-strikeouts/

12 Sporting News

MLB playoffs 2017: Three takeaways from Astros' ALDS Game 1 win over Red Sox

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/mlb-playoffs-2017-astros-score-red-sox-altuve-hr-highlight-analysis-chris-sale/regblyah84nu1s9jq5y2ixa2y

13 The Atlantic

Baseball’s Wild Cards Are the Perfect Postseason Prologue

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/baseballs-wild-card-games/542097/

14 NY TIMES

M.L.B. Spoiler Alert: Here’s What Will Happen in the Playoffs

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/sports/baseball/mlb-playoffs-predictions.html

15 Bleacher Report

Smart but Heartless Moves MLB Teams Should Make This Offseason

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2736619

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Pham thinks he can be faster, better — and Cards should keep him

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/pham-thinks-he-can-be-faster-better-and-cards-should/article_bf074a61-8486-5eda-8b36-bab2987451b8.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

Why it will suck when your favorite baseball team loses in the 2017 postseason

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/10/5/16421572/2017-mlb-playoffs-astros-red-sox-indians-yankees-world-series

18 CBS Sports

Trevor Bauer dominates Yankees in Game 1, Indians take 1-0 ALDS lead

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/trevor-bauer-dominates-yankees-in-game-1-indians-take-1-0-alds-lead/

19 Fangraphs

Invention Shouldn’t Require Necessity

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/invention-shouldnt-require-necessity/

20 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Wisps of History

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32917

21 Sports on Earth

DUSTY 'N' THE WIN: IS THIS NATS' YEAR?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/257499906/dusty-baker-washington-nationals-nlds


AL Division Series Red Sox at Astros  Game 2

Game time 2:00 pm

TV-Fox Sports 1

Pitchers:  Drew Pomerantz (L) 17-6  3.32 ERA   Dallas Keuchal (L)  14-5  2.90 ERA

Red Sox

1. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS

2. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B

3. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

4. Mookie Betts (R) RF

5. Hanley Ramirez (R) 1B

6. Chris Young (R) DH

7. Christian Vazquez (R) C

8. Deven Marrero (R) 3B

9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF

Astros

1. George Springer (R) CF

2. Alex Bregman (R) 3B

3. Jose Altuve (R) 2B

4. Carlos Correa (R) SS

5. Evan Gattis (R) DH

6. Josh Reddick (L) RF

7. Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B

8. Marwin Gonzalez (S) LF

9. Brian McCann (L) C