Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Ol' Man River Morning Links

 


Ol' Man River  Jules Bledsoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUdQNZdi-mo

Doing a theme this week, songs about rivers.  Ol' Man River  was written for the 1927 musical Showboat which was based on a 1926 novel  of the same title by  Edna Ferber.  Jerome Kern wrote the music and Oscar Hammerstein II lyrics.   Showboat is still performed on stages.   Jules Bledsoe played Joe  on Broadway and here we have him reprising that role in the 1929 movie of Showboat. 

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 2024  Prediction Thread

https://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2024/03/prediction-thread-2024-season.html

6 CBS Sports

MLB offseason key dates: Free agency begins, awards, Winter Meetings, Hall of Fame, spring training and more

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-offseason-key-dates-free-agency-begins-awards-winter-meetings-hall-of-fame-spring-training-and-more/

7 The Green Weenie

2/17: Demon Vin - Turkey Mike, Nate, Dale & Stu Sign; BB Loses Arb Twice As Billy Wins, Groat Honored, Hot Stove, Chugging Along, Quick Pitch, Ike Likes Hans; HBD Dave, Whammy, Ed B, Eddie P & Rivington

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2025/02/217-demon-vin-turkey-mike-nate-dale-stu.html

8 Rumbunter

Recent update on Ke'Bryan Hayes gives Pirates fans much-needed optimism

https://rumbunter.com/recent-update-on-ke-bryan-hayes-gives-pirates-fans-much-needed-optimism

 

 

9 CBS Sports

Three MLB would-be contenders who didn't do enough: How Brewers, Padres and Mariners blew their offseasons

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/three-mlb-would-be-contenders-who-didnt-do-enough-how-brewers-padres-and-mariners-blew-their-offseasons/

10 Fangraphs

2025 Top 100 Prospects

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2025-top-100-prospects/

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