JAL’s Race Among the Ruins Morning Links

Race Among the Ruins  Gordon Lightfoot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIDz5AfW9IQ

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 in Review 7/27 – 8/2

https://rumbunter.com/2018/08/03/pittsburgh-pirates-review-7-27-8-2/

6 Green Weenie

Cards Fly Past Nova, Bullpen in 8-4 Win

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/08/cards-fly-past-nova-bullpen-in-8-4-win.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Outfield depth in the minors softens the blow of losing Austin Meadows

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/08/04/pittsburgh-pirates-outfield-depth-softens-austin-meadows-pbd11/

8 NY Post

Broken Mets promises define team’s work at trade deadline

https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/broken-mets-promises-define-teams-work-at-trade-deadline/

9 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cards get bats going to punch out the Pirates

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-get-bats-going-to-punch-out-the-pirates/article_3e7b89a8-ede0-51b4-b63c-f1c74b1c1412.html

10 LA Times</b>

You hear a lot about MLB prospects — but most will never be heard from again

http://www.latimes.com/sports/mlb/la-sp-mlb-shaikin-20180804-story.html#

11 Denver Post

Does Major League Baseball market its players enough? The commissioner and some respected veterans have contrasting views.

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/04/major-league-baseball-player-marketing/

12 SB Nation

The Red Sox are pulling away in the American League East

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/8/4/17650712/the-red-sox-are-pulling-away-in-the-american-league-east

13 CBS Sports

> MLB scores, schedule, live team updates, news: Red Sox stifle Yankees again behind great pitching

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-scores-schedule-live-team-updates-news-red-sox-stifle-yankees-again-behind-great-pitching/

14 Fangraphs

Let Us Like Baseball

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/let-us-like-baseball/

15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Short Relief: Remembering and Correcting the Past

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/41796/short-relief-remembering-and-correcting-the-past/

16 Blog Predictions

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

17 Previous Game Box Score

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/mlb/boxscore.asp?final=true&gamecode=380804123

18 New Foo Post Trade Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KRR9SMP

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Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1

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  W: J. Flaherty (5-6)   L: T. Williams (9-8)   S: B. Norris (21)

1:35 PM ET, August 5, 2018 PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  Attendance: 19,376

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St. Louis Cardinals Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG M. Carpenter, 1B 5 1 1 1 4 0 1 .282 .394 .593 Y. Molina, C 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 .289 .331 .470 J. Martínez, RF 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 .298 .361 .462   C. Shreve, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   M. Mayers, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000   J. Hicks, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   B. Norris, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - M. Ozuna, LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .265 .310 .388 J. Gyorko, 3B 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .256 .335 .415 K. Wong, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .224 .309 .366 G. Garcia, SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .235 .322 .341 H. Bader, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271 .338 .404 J. Flaherty, P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .156 .182 .156   Y. Muñoz, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293 .356 .439 Totals 37 2 10 2 13 1 6 - - -

Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG C. Dickerson, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .314 .349 .511 S. Marte, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285 .333 .483 G. Polanco, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .247 .337 .506 F. Cervelli, C-1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .256 .380 .460 C. Moran, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .333 .386   J. Harrison, PH-3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253 .296 .361 A. Frazier, 2B 4 1 2 1 6 0 2 .272 .342 .426 J. Osuna, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .190 .203 .333   K. Kela, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   K. Crick, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   S. Rodríguez, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 .276 .313 J. Mercer, SS 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .260 .329 .391 T. Williams, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .069 .100 .069   J. Luplow, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .239 .357   R. Rodríguez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   E. Santana, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   E. Díaz, PH-C 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .289 .336 .448 Totals 30 1 5 1 9 2 11 - - -

2B: Pit 1, A. Frazier (10).

HR: StL 1, M. Carpenter (29). Pit 1, A. Frazier (4).

HR Detail: StL, M. Carpenter (Inning: 5 , 1 Out, 0 on) off T. Williams. Pit, A. Frazier (Inning: 7 , 1 Out, 0 on) off C. Shreve.

Scoring Position: StL - 1 for 6.Pit - 1 for 6.

SH: StL 0,  Pit 1, T. Williams (1).

St. Louis Cardinals Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA J. Flaherty, (W 5-6) 6.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 22 84 28 - 56 3.27 .208 C. Shreve, (Hld 1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 10 4 - 6 3.86 .222 M. Mayers, (Hld 5) 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 17 8 - 9 3.60 .253 J. Hicks, (Hld 17) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 2 - 8 3.10 .191 B. Norris, (S 21) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11 4 - 7 2.93 .229

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA T. Williams, (L 9-8) 5.0 9 2 2 0 3 1 24 90 27 - 63 3.88 .245 R. Rodríguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 7 - 12 2.96 .241 E. Santana 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 - 6 2.86 .241 K. Kela 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 17 7 - 10 0.00 .286 K. Crick 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 15 5 - 10 2.09 .193

Errors: Pit 1, J. Osuna (1).

Double Plays: StL 1, (Garcia to Wong to Carpenter). Pit 1, (Moran to Frazier to J.Osuna).

Stolen Bases: StL 1, G. Garcia (1).

Hit by Pitch: Pit, J. Mercer by J. Flaherty.

Umpires: HP--Little, 1B--May, 2B--Barksdale, 3B--Barrett.

Time: 2:58

Attendance - 19,376