JAL’s Run to Me Morning Links

Run to Me Bee Gees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7F_qfopI_c

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 USA Today

World Cup penalty shootouts have nothing to do with luck

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/martin-rogers/2018/07/05/world-cup-2018-penalty-shootouts-have-nothing-do-luck/759469002/

6 Green Weenie

7/5 Expo Park-Forbes Field Era: Kiner & Fryman Three-Packs; Roberto's Revenge; Game Stories; HBD Goose, Ward & Beals

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/07/75-expo-park-forbes-field-era-kiner.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Where Has the Pittsburgh Pirates Offense Gone?

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/07/05/pittsburgh-pirates-missing-offense-pbd11/

8 Point of Pittsburgh

Can Pirate Relievers Be The Best Commodity To Move?

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/can-pirate-relievers-be-the-best-commodity-to-move/

9 The Spokesman-Review</b>

Gonzaga alum and MLB All-Star Jason Bay enjoying retirement

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/04/gonzaga-alum-and-mlb-all-star-jason-bay-enjoying-r/

10 Dominion Post

Glendinning’s hit boosts Black Bears past Crosscutters, 7-5

https://www.dominionpost.com/2018/07/05/glendinnings-hit-boosts-black-bears-past-crosscutters-7-5/

11 SB Nation

A play-by-play announcer called the utter annihilation of his own computer

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/7/5/17536968/jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-announcer-laptop-we-hardly-knew-ye

12 CBS Sports

> How three unlikely MLB players managed to reach the top of the National League's hitting leaderboard

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/how-three-unlikely-mlb-players-managed-to-reach-the-top-of-the-national-leagues-hitting-leaderboard/

13 Fangraphs

Albert Almora and the Declining Value of Batting Leaders

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/albert-almora-and-the-declining-value-of-batting-leaders/

14 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Prospectus Feature: Displacement (Part 2)

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/41097/prospectus-feature-displacement-part-2/

15 Blog Predictions

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

16 Previous Game Box Score

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/mlb/boxscore.asp?final=true&gamecode=380704119

Philadelphia Phillies 47-37 at Pittsburgh Pirates 40-46  7:05 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 78°F • Partly Cloudy • 0% PoP

Phillies

Nick Pivetta (R)   5-7  4.66 ERA               

Pirates

Trevor Williams (R)     6-6  4.22 ERA

Phillies

1. Cesar Hernandez (S) 2B

2. Rhys Hoskins (R) LF

3. Odubel Herrera (L) CF

4. Carlos Santana (S) 1B

5. Nick Williams (L) RF

6. Scott Kingery (R) SS

7. Andrew Knapp (S) C

8. Maikel Franco (R) 3B

9. Nick Pivetta (R) P

Pirates

1. Josh Bell (S) 1B

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

4. Colin Moran (L) 3B

5. Elias Diaz (R) C

6. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

7. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Trevor Williams (R) P