BBA Linkfest - General Marchmellow

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Welcome to another installment of the BBA Linkfest where I take a romp around the sites of the General chapter of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. The General chapter is not beholden to any team or theme, but writes about baseball from all angles. So pour another cup of coffee and get ready for some good reading because here they come!</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Shawn Anderson's <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Hall of Very Good</em> has always served up interesting things on his site. This week, he <a data-mce-href="http://www.hallofverygood.com/2014-articles/march/bryce-harper-is-a-good-samaritan.html" href="http://www.hallofverygood.com/2014-articles/march/bryce-harper-is-a-good-samaritan.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">catches</a> <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harpebr03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harpebr03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Bryce Harper</a></strong> being a Good Samaritan.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">TheNaturalMevs has been heavily <a data-mce-href="http://diamondhoggers.com/2014/03/14/its-ottoneu-draft-day-lifes-other-plans-are-on-hold/" href="http://diamondhoggers.com/2014/03/14/its-ottoneu-draft-day-lifes-other-plans-are-on-hold/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">preparing</a> for this season's fantasy baseball drafts over at <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Diamond Hoggers</em>.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Over at <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">The Sports Banter</em>, Mike Spiciarich <a data-mce-href="http://thesportsbanter.blogspot.com/2014/03/trade-of-week-cubsmets-swap-prospects.html" href="http://thesportsbanter.blogspot.com/2014/03/trade-of-week-cubsmets-swap-prospects.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">dreams</a> of what to him would be the perfect trade.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Hans Weisse of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Dugout 24</em> <a data-mce-href="http://www.blog.dugout24.de/4-geheime-schlagtechniken-von-4-der-besten-hitter-der-welt/" href="http://www.blog.dugout24.de/4-geheime-schlagtechniken-von-4-der-besten-hitter-der-welt/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">looks at</a> four great hitters to help you to become a better hitter yourself: <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbty01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbty01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Ty Cobb</a></strong>, <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rosepe02,rosepe01&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rosepe02,rosepe01&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Pete Rose</a></strong>, <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Hank Aaron</a></strong> and <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrial01,rodrig011ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrial01,rodrig011ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Alex Rodriguez</a></strong>.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;"><strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernali01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hernali01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Livan Hernandez</a></strong> officially retired this week. Michael Clair of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Old Time Family Baseball</em> <a data-mce-href="http://oldtimefamilybaseball.com/post/79657555530/praise-the-glory-of-livan-hernandez" href="http://oldtimefamilybaseball.com/post/79657555530/praise-the-glory-of-livan-hernandez" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">recaps</a> Livan's career "highlights."</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Sully of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Sully Baseball</em> has to be the most consistent and prolific baseball podcaster of all time. There is nobody even close. And the quantity does not hurt <a data-mce-href="http://sullybaseball.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/sully-baseball-daily-podcast-march-15-2014/" href="http://sullybaseball.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/sully-baseball-daily-podcast-march-15-2014/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">the quality</a>.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;"><em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Baseball Cisco Kid Style</em> really <a data-mce-href="http://baseballsiscokidstyle.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-braves-are-locked-in-and-loaded.html" href="http://baseballsiscokidstyle.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-braves-are-locked-in-and-loaded.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">likes</a> what the Braves did to lock up their young talent.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">My buddy, Dan, of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Left Field</em> really <a data-mce-href="http://left-field.blogspot.com/2014/03/long-live-daylight-savings-time.html" href="http://left-field.blogspot.com/2014/03/long-live-daylight-savings-time.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">loves</a> Daylight Savings Time.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Mario Salvini of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Che Palle!</em> has <a data-mce-href="http://chepalle.gazzetta.it/2014/03/08/centanni-fa-il-primo-fuoricampo-di-babe/" href="http://chepalle.gazzetta.it/2014/03/08/centanni-fa-il-primo-fuoricampo-di-babe/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">a story</a> of a <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Babe Ruth</a></strong> homer that occurred one hundred years ago.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Dan Day of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">The Ball Caps Blog</em> has come <a data-mce-href="http://ballcapsblog.com/2014/03/02/agreed-the-tribe-should-retire-chief-wahoo/" href="http://ballcapsblog.com/2014/03/02/agreed-the-tribe-should-retire-chief-wahoo/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">full circle</a> on the Chief Wahoo debate.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">For a <a data-mce-href="http://throughthefencebaseball.com/chicago-white-sox-preview-getting-better-long-way/41789" href="http://throughthefencebaseball.com/chicago-white-sox-preview-getting-better-long-way/41789" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">great preview</a> of the 2014 Chicago White Sox, Mike Viso's of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Through the Fence Baseball</em> is thoughtful and well done.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Very few people have done more high-quality thinking on the Hall of Fame than Bryan O'Connor. His <a data-mce-href="http://replacementlevel.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/the-26-standard/" href="http://replacementlevel.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/the-26-standard/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">post</a> on <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Replacement Level Baseball</em> on the subject is outstanding.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;"><strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitema03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitema03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Matt White</a></strong>ner of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Cheap.Seats.Please.</em> has a very thorough <a data-mce-href="http://cheapseatsplease.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/csps-2014-american-league-east-preview/" href="http://cheapseatsplease.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/csps-2014-american-league-east-preview/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">2014 preview</a> of the AL East and is very informative and interesting.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Nobody can replace <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Mariano Rivera</a></strong>. But somebody has to be the Yankees' closer. Chris Carelli of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">The Baseball Stance</em> gauges <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberda08.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberda08.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">David Robertson</a></strong>'s <a data-mce-href="http://thebaseballstance.blogspot.com/2014/03/yankees-david-robertson-will-succeed-as.html" href="http://thebaseballstance.blogspot.com/2014/03/yankees-david-robertson-will-succeed-as.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">chance of succeeding</a> in the role.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Justin Jabs of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Baseblog</em> introduces us to a <a data-mce-href="http://www.baseblog94.com/hardball-passport-has-80-potential/" href="http://www.baseblog94.com/hardball-passport-has-80-potential/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">new website</a> that piques my interest.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">We have already seen a preview of the AL East. Now we have the AL Central <a data-mce-href="http://offthebenchbaseball.com/2014/03/14/season-preview-al-central/" href="http://offthebenchbaseball.com/2014/03/14/season-preview-al-central/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">covered</a> very well by Sean Morash of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Off the Bench</em>.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Speaking of the AL Central, <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Payoff Pitch</em> <a data-mce-href="http://payoffpitches.blogspot.com/2014/03/kansas-city-royals-2014-team-breakdown.html" href="http://payoffpitches.blogspot.com/2014/03/kansas-city-royals-2014-team-breakdown.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">drills down</a> to give a preview of the 2014 Kansas City Royals.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">I have misspelled Kenneth Matinale's name three straight times. His very good addition to the General Chapter, <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Radical Baseball</em>, doesn't deserve that. Sheesh. Anyway, check out <a data-mce-href="http://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2014/03/barry-bonds-made-money-for-himself-and.html" href="http://radicalbaseball.blogspot.com/2014/03/barry-bonds-made-money-for-himself-and.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">his post</a> on <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Barry Bonds</a></strong>.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Spring has <a data-mce-href="http://www.baseballroundtable.com/bbrts-spring-if-officially-here/" href="http://www.baseballroundtable.com/bbrts-spring-if-officially-here/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">finally arrived</a> for David over at <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">BaseballRoundTable.com</em>. I am jealous as I look out at 18 inches of fresh snow delivered over the last three days. David's post is fantastic though.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">The always entertaining, highly informative <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">High Heat Stats</em> is also educational. For an example, check out Doug's <a data-mce-href="http://www.highheatstats.com/2014/03/run-shares-measuring-offensive-value-in-a-team-context/" href="http://www.highheatstats.com/2014/03/run-shares-measuring-offensive-value-in-a-team-context/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">college seminar</a> on Run Shares.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Taylor of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">MLBeef</em> <a data-mce-href="http://mlbeef.com/2014/02/27/mlb-tv-officially-renewed/" href="http://mlbeef.com/2014/02/27/mlb-tv-officially-renewed/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">made sure</a> he will be watching baseball this summer.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">I was tempted to link Clayton Richer's link to Keith Olbermann and that jerk's tirade on Barry Bonds. But instead, I went with a <a data-mce-href="http://baseballhotcorner.com/jose-reyes-raps-sportsnet-connected-analyst/" href="http://baseballhotcorner.com/jose-reyes-raps-sportsnet-connected-analyst/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">more fun link</a> to a <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=reyesjo01,reyesjo02,reyes-016jos,reyes-004jos&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=reyesjo01,reyesjo02,reyes-016jos,reyes-004jos&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Jose Reyes</a></strong> rap linked on <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Baseball Hot Corner</em>.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;"><strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=milleju01,miller007jus,miller005jus,miller008jus&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=milleju01,miller007jus,miller005jus,miller008jus&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Justin Miller</a></strong> of <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">insidetheMLB</em> has a <a data-mce-href="http://insidethemlb.com/2014/02/26/how-many-stars-do-you-need-to-win-a-championship/" href="http://insidethemlb.com/2014/02/26/how-many-stars-do-you-need-to-win-a-championship/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">very interesting look</a> at how many stars a team has to have to win the World Series.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">I do not understand how baseball betting works. As such, Chuck Booth's <a data-mce-href="http://mlbreports.com/2014/03/14/alnlodds2014mlb/" href="http://mlbreports.com/2014/03/14/alnlodds2014mlb/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">piece</a> over at <em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">MLB Reports</em> on the Tampa Bay Rays' odds of winning the AL East confused the heck out of me. But if you get that kind of stuff, this post is for you.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;"><em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Cover Those Bases</em> has a <a data-mce-href="http://www.coverthosebases.com/4/post/2014/03/a-look-back-at-rick-ankiels-career.html" href="http://www.coverthosebases.com/4/post/2014/03/a-look-back-at-rick-ankiels-career.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">nice retrospective</a> on <strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ankieri01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ankieri01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.flagrantfan.com" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Rick Ankiel</a></strong>'s career. Ankiel recently announced his retirement.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;"><em style="border: none; line-height: 1.5;">Pepper</em>'s Niko Goutakolis had a <a data-mce-href="http://peppermlb.blogspot.com/2014/03/peppers-in-big-leagues.html" href="http://peppermlb.blogspot.com/2014/03/peppers-in-big-leagues.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">major announcement</a> on his site the other day. Very cool for him and congratulations!</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Last but the least, my <a data-mce-href="http://passion4baseball.blogspot.com/2014/03/are-indians-this-good.html" href="http://passion4baseball.blogspot.com/2014/03/are-indians-this-good.html" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">last post</a> was on the Cleveland Indians. Thank you kindly for your attention and I hope you clicked on a lot of these links because they deserve your support.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: start;">Have a great weekend.</div></div>

BBA Linkfest - General Marchmellow

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