Thursday, June 9, 2022
Banana Boat Song Morning Links
From 1952 to 1963 Steve Lawrence had many songs chart including a number 1. In the late 1960s he and his wife, Edie Gormé, did Broadway shows and some TV specials. He also acted movies and TV shows. He was Maury Sline in The Blues Brothers
Banana Boat Song Steve Lawrence Harry Belafonte had big hit with the Banana Boat Song but Lawrence recorded The Tarriers version, which was a top hit. Lawrence’s version made the top 20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSitPZDlZLc
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
https://www.retrosheet.org
5 Prediction Thread
http://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2022/03/2022-season-predictions.html
6 Green Weenie
6/8 Through the 1960s: Gooch/Harris-Hargreaves; Burleigh Dealing; Shutout Streak; Williams Streak; Game Tales; HBD Caveman, Scott, George & Silent Roy; Draft - Moose, Garber, Cricket
https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2022/06/68-through-1960s-goochharris-hargreaves.html
7 Rumbunter
Pittsburgh Pirates: Breaking Down the Struggles of Bryan Reynolds
https://rumbunter.com/2022/06/07/pittsburgh-pirates-struggles-bryan-reynolds-issues/
8 CBS Sports
MLB trends: The home run rate is back up, but in an unusual way; Hunter Greene cuts back on the gas
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trends-the-home-run-rate-is-back-up-but-in-an-unusual-way-hunter-greene-cuts-back-on-the-gas/
9 Fangraphs
Wednesday Prospect Notes: Baz, Strasburg Rehab; Updating the Phillies List
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wednesday-prospect-notes-baz-strasburg-rehab-updating-the-phillies-list/
10 SABR
April 30, 1922: Charlie Robertson’s perfect game
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-30-1922-charlie-robertsons-perfect-game/
11 Sportsnaut
Daz Cameron helps Tigers complete sweep of Pirates
https://sportsnaut.com/daz-cameron-helps-tigers-complete-sweep-of-pirates/
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