JAL’s Why Can’t the English Morning Links

Why Can’t the English Rex Harrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT722r21eK0

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 Minors: Marvel, Hayes, Indianapolis

https://rumbunter.com/2018/08/16/pittsburgh-pirates-minors-marvel-hayes-indianapolis/

6 Green Weenie

Pirates Waste Nova's Outing, Lose To Cubs 1-0

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/08/pirates-waste-novas-outing-lose-to-cubs.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Should the Pirates look to trade away veterans?

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/08/16/pittsburgh-pirates-trade-veterans-pbd11/

8 MLB

Andrew McCutchen gave us his play-by-play of the Giants-Dodgers fracas

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/mccutchen-breaks-down-giants-dodgers-brawl/c-290490880

9 Chicago Tribune

Jon Lester breaks out of rut in Cubs' 1-0 win over Pirates after meeting with manager Joe Maddon

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-pirates-20180816-story.html

10 Arizona Daily Star</b>

Hello, Newman: Pittsburgh Pirates call up former Arizona Wildcats star

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/baseball/hello-newman-pittsburgh-pirates-call-up-former-arizona-wildcats-star/article_46700c78-a193-11e8-8e0a-f3a6c25b8b5e.html

11 Popular Mechanics

All 30 Major League Baseball Stadiums, Ranked

https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/sports/g22739210/major-league-baseball-stadiums-ranked/

12 SB Nation

MLB misses a chance to prove a point by only suspending Jose Ureña 6 games for beaning Ronald Acuña Jr.

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/8/16/17705918/jose-urenas-suspension-ronald-acuna-mlb-scared-of-change

13 CBS Sports

> MLB scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Mets score franchise-record 24 runs

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-mets-score-franchise-record-24-runs/

14 Fangraphs

The 2018 Boston Red Sox in History: An Ill-Advised, Premature Comparison

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/the-2018-boston-red-sox-in-history-an-ill-advised-premature-comparison/

15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Flu-Like Symptoms: Record-Setting Rays

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/42002/flu-like-symptoms-record-setting-rays/

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?gamecode=380816123

18 Two Question Foo Survey

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

Chicago Cubs 70-50 at Pittsburgh Pirates 61-61  7:05 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 79°F • Light Rain • 44% PoP

Cubs

Cole Hamels (L)  7-9  4.22 ERA  season  2-0  1.00 ERA since joining the Cubs                

Pirates

Trevor Williams (R)    10-8  3.66 ERA 

Cubs

1. Ian Happ (S) CF

2. Jason Heyward (L) RF

3. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B

4. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

5. Javier Baez (R) 3B

6. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF

7. Victor Caratini (S) C

8. Cole Hamels (L) P

9. Addison Russell (R) SS

Pirates

1. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

4. David Freese (R) 3B

5. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

6. Josh Bell (S) 1B

7. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

8. Adeiny Hechavarria (R) SS

9. Trevor Williams (R) P