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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