JAL’s Suitcase Blues Morning Links

Suitcase Blues Triumph 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo

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 Green Weenie

3/16: Hans First Retirement; Spring Feats; HBD Little Poison, Patsy & Abraham

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2019/03/316-hans-first-retirement-spring-feats.html

6 Rumbunter

Nick Burdi Has Seized Opportunity This Spring With The Pittsburgh Pirates

https://rumbunter.com/2019/03/16/nick-burdi-seized-opportunity-spring-pittsburgh-pirates/

7 MLB

Marte ready to show best version of himself

https://www.mlb.com/pirates/news/starling-marte-accepts-challenge-to-be-best-he-can

8 LA Times

Dodgers' David Freese continues to chase baseball's euphoric feeling

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-david-freese-dodgers-20190316-story.html

9 The Japan Times</b>

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Former Lions southpaw Wade LeBlanc returns to Japan as part of Mariners' pitching staff

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/03/16/baseball/mlb/former-lions-southpaw-wade-leblanc-returns-japan-part-mariners-pitching-staff/#.XI2ld6BKiM8

10 Tampa Bay Times

> MLB players union chief Tony Clark rails on Rays’ renewal of Blake Snell

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2019/03/16/mlb-players-union-chief-tony-clark-rails-on-rays-renewal-of-blake-snell/

11 Cleveland Com

Can Terry Francona’s grassroots movement cause MLB to ‘rethink’ 3-batter rule?

https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2019/03/can-terry-franconas-grassroots-movement-cause-mlb-to-rethink-3-batter-rule.html

12 CBS Sports

Giants' Jeff Samardzija wants ties in baseball, so let's see how they would have changed the 2018 standings </b>

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/giants-jeff-samardzija-wants-ties-in-baseball-so-lets-see-how-they-would-have-changed-the-2018-standings/

13 Fangraphs

Introducing “The Olive”

https://tht.fangraphs.com/introducing-the-olive/

14 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Short Relief: Running to Stand Still

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/47817/short-relief-running-to-stand-still/

This week's featured artist is Triumph, picked by Tedwins