JAL’s The Girl from Ipanema Morning Links

The Girl from Ipanema  Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4

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

How Sweet It Is - Bucs Win 4-3 In 9th

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-sweet-it-is-bucs-win-4-3-in-9th.html

6 Rumbunter

Josh Bell, Bullpen Shine As Pittsburgh Pirates Earn Series Victory In Washington

https://rumbunter.com/2019/04/14/josh-bell-bullpen-shine-pittsburgh-pirates-earn-series-victory/

7 Federal Baseball

Washington Nationals drop 2 of 3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates with 4-3 loss in finale

https://www.federalbaseball.com/2019/4/14/18310373/washington-nationals-drop-2-of-3-to-pittsburgh-pirates-4-3-loss-in-finale

8 USA Today

'It's a baseball problem': MLB redoubles its efforts as sport's black population remains low

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2019/04/14/african-american-mlb-players-baseball-jackie-robinson/3465999002/

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Baseball was drastically different in 2005, the last year Tiger Woods won the Masters before Sunday

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/mlb-the-last-time-tiger-woods-won-the-masters

10 FiveThirtyEight

> What’s Behind MLB’s Bizarre Spike In Contract Extensions?

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/whats-behind-mlbs-bizarre-spike-in-contract-extensions/

CBS Sports

The Mariners aren't like other rebuilders, Chris Sale is lost and everything else we learned this week in MLB

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-mariners-arent-like-other-rebuilders-chris-sale-is-lost-and-everything-else-we-learned-this-week-in-mlb/

12 Fangraphs

Sunday Notes: Amir Garrett’s Slider Is a Slider That Doesn’t Slide (But it’s Good)

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-amir-garretts-slider-is-a-slider-that-doesnt-slide-but-its-good/