JAL’s Dirty Old Town Morning Links

 

 Dirty Old Town  Richard Thompson and David Byrne 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LyfRBTcFc

1 MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 Baseball Reference

https://www.baseball-reference.com

4 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

5 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Mailbag: May 16, 2018

https://rumbunter.com/2018/05/16/pittsburgh-pirates-mailbag-may-16-2018/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Patience a Virtue for Gyorko, Cardinals

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/5/16/17357118/jedd-gyorko-st-louis-cardinals-2018-patience

7 Green Weenie

Bucco B-Team Behind Jamo & the Pen Sweep ChiSox 3-2

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/05/bucco-b-team-behind-jamo-pen-sweep.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

2018 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 39

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/5/16/17360124/2018-cubs-heroes-and-goats-game-39

9 Pirates Breakdown

The Pittsburgh Pirates are ready for Josh Harrison’s return

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/05/15/pittsburgh-pirates-ready-harrison-return-pbd11/

10 The Point of Pittsburgh

Pirates: Trend Setters to Trend Followers in Five Years

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/pirates-trend-setters-to-trend-followers-in-five-years/

11 Sports Illustrated</b>

A Brief Guide to MLB's Bizarre Uniform Guidelines

https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/05/16/mlb-uniform-guide-willson-contreras

12 New York Post

The Yankees’ quiet Robinson Cano fears just got justified

https://nypost.com/2018/05/15/the-yankees-quiet-robinson-cano-fears-just-got-justified/

13 Chicago Tribune

White Sox lose again, falling to an MLB-worst 10-29 on the season

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-white-sox-pirates-20180516-story.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Carpenter, Fowler lead sunny afternoon revival in 7-5 victory

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/carpenter-fowler-lead-sunny-afternoon-revival-in---victory/article_9fdde1c1-370d-5e11-8bf7-83c149439e4e.html

15 SB Nation

Robinson Cano is a human infomercial for performance-enhancing drugs

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/5/16/17358144/robinson-cano-steroids-peds-mariners-hot-take

16 CBS Sports

MLB Wednesday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Bauer helps Indians avoid sweep in Detroit

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-wednesday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-bauer-helps-indians-avoid-sweep-in-detroit/

17 Fangraphs

The Physics of Fielding Grounders

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/the-physics-of-fielding-grounders/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Banjo Hitter: The Gift That Keeps On Hitting

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/39893/banjo-hitter-gift-keeps-hitting/

19 National Pastime Museum

OZZIE SWEET: SETTING THE STANDARD

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/ozzie-sweet-setting-standard

20 Blog Predictions

http://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2018/03/2018-pbc-asylum-blog-prediction-contest.html

San Diego Padres 17-27 at Pittsburgh Pirates 25-17  7:05 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 76°F • Mostly Cloudy • 3% PoP

Padres

Eric Lauer (L)      1-2 8,87 ERA     

Pirates

Chad Kuhl (R)    4-2  4.17 ERA


Padres

1. Travis Jankowski (L) RF

2. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B

3. Franchy Cordero (L) LF

4. Jose Pirela (R) 2B

5. Raffy Lopez (L) C

6. Cory Spangenberg (L) 3B

7. Freddy Galvis (S) SS

8. Manuel Margot (R) CF

9. Eric Lauer (R) P

Pirates

1. Max Moroff (S) 2B

2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

3. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

6. David Freese (R) 3B

7. Sean Rodriguez (R) CF

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Chad Kuhl (R) P