Former Phillies Player, Dave Hollins, Tell His Diabetes Story

Former Phillies Player, Dave Hollins, Tell His Diabetes Story

I have recently decided that Baseball Reflections will start broadening our horizons just a bit. Call it one of our 2010 resolutions. We will now be bringing you selected videos in a more frequent basis than we have in our previous two years of operation. We hope this ads to your enjoyment of this site! This changed started with last week’s addition of the video on Boston’s captain,

Book Review: Burying the Curse, By Terry Pluto

Book Review: Burying the Curse, By Terry Pluto

BuryingtheCurseTo many, Terry Pluto has been the most trusted voice of Cleveland sports over the past two decades. Through his tenure with the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Pluto had readers waiting for the paper to get his specific view on whatever issue was going on at that time.


Pluto has also written more books about Cleveland sports than

Breaking Down Liriano’s DWL Dominance

Breaking Down Liriano’s DWL Dominance

This article was originally written by Andrew Kneeland back on January 29, 2010 on his site Twins Target.

If you haven’t already heard, Francisco Liriano appears to be back to his old self. After putting up a 0.80 ERA in just under 50 innings of work in the Domincan Winter League, Liriano has impressed scouts to no end. He struck out over…

Jason Varitek’s Pre-Season Workout Video (2009-2010)

Jason Varitek’s Pre-Season Workout Video (2009-2010)

If you are anything like me, you wonder what catchers have to go through in the offseason to prepare for a season of 162 games. Well here’s a video showing us a typical day in Red Sox captain and part time catcher (I am having problems calling him a back up after all of these years, but it had to happen sooner…

Top 10 Fantasy LF of 2009

Top 10 Fantasy LF of 2009

These weekly posts of mine have been based on a rotisserie format using a traditional 5×5 scoring system to keep things simple.

Personally I prefer more statistics in my leagues (which is why I was the commissioner in one of my leagues), but in order to reach the most readers we will just stick with the basic. But, feel free to either e-mail me or leave a…

Cardinals Are Not Dormant During Winter

cardsWhile for a lot of teams, the offseason is a quiet time, a time for renewal and reflection.  For the Cardinals, this offseason has been anything but.

It would have been hard to believe after the final out of the NLDS that anything would overshadow the pursuit of Matt Holliday during the winter. After all, St. Louis had mortgaged their future, to

Baseball Reflection’s Affiliation with Amazon

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As some of you have noticed, we have joined the Amazon affiliate program some time ago. What you may not know is what’s available through Baseball Reflections.com so this post is here to…

February’s Look at the Cleveland Indians

February’s Look at the Cleveland Indians

PHOENIX - MAY 08:  (FILE PHOTO) Manager Manny ...
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The Indians started the off season by firing their manager and his coaches, but keeping most of the other front office personnel in place. They staged some what of an extensive manager search and ended on former

Interview With An (female) Umpire, Part 2

Interview With An (female) Umpire, Part 2

Here is the second part of my interview with female umpire, Perry Lee Barber…PLBarberHoF

8. Who, if you can tell us, was/is the worst and was it because of their attitude in general or the fact that you’re a woman umpire?

I always suspect that the “attitude

Interview With An (female) Umpire Part 1

Interview With An (female) Umpire Part 1

Umpire/Musician Perry Lee BarberPLBarber

Here’s a direct linked summary of Ms. Barber right from her personal LinkedIn profile:

Twenty-nine seasons of umpiring all levels of baseball both professional and amateur, including major league spring training and Division I college baseball, with international umpiring experience in Japan and Taiwan and four years of umpiring and scheduling

The Mark Redman Award Effect: Edwin Jackson

Edwin Jackson
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Each year, BaseballEvolution.com doles out Mark Redman Awards for both leagues, recognizing pitchers who began the season surprisingly well but crashed back to earth in the second half of the season.  New Arizona Diamondback Edwin

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A Recent Flurry of Free Agent Signings

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Chad Tracy to the Cubs to a minor league deal that can be worth up to $900K if he gets 450 plate appearances

Ben Sheets to the A’s for 1-year at $10M plus incentive bonuses

Jim Thome to the Twins for 1-year and $1.5M…

The Priesthood Wins Out Over Baseball?!

The Priesthood Wins Out Over Baseball?!

This week a top OF prospect in the A’s farm system by the name of Grant Desme (23) has decided to leave baseball to pursue a higher calling. The 8th ranked player in the Oakland A’s system was looking like he could get the call to join the major league team during spring training, but now that will never happen…

Stadium Review: Nationals Stadium, Home of the Washington Nationals

National's Park
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Even though the Washington Nationals don’t have their own baseball history and Washington D.C. is not known as a hub for baseball traditionalists and major fans of America’s pastime, their stadium just may be one

DRSEA INFORMER: Home Court Advantage

DRSEAlogoVolume III, Issue 2

By Charles Farrell

La Ventaja De Campo (Home Court Advantage)

In what looks like a continuing trend, a court in the Dominican Republic has ordered the New York Yankees to pay more than $750,000USD to Carlos Rios, their former director of Latin American scouting, after ruling that his firing was unlawful. …

The Top 10 Fantasy DH of 2009

These weekly posts of mine have been based on a rotisserie format using a traditional 5×5 scoring system to keep things simple.

Personally I prefer more statistics in my leagues (which is why I was the commissioner in one of my leagues), but in order to reach the most readers we will just stick with the basic. But, feel free to either e-mail me or leave a…

Akadema’s Praying Mantis Catcher’s Mitt, Designed by Hall of Famer Gary Carter

Akadema’s Praying Mantis Catcher’s Mitt, Designed by Hall of Famer Gary Carter

Here is the next installment in my series of recommended Akadema Gloves. This, like the last one earlier this month (the Prodigy AOZ 91) was designed by a Hall of Famer, this time, catcher Gary Carter who use to play for the Expos, Mets, Giants and Dodgers before finishing his playing…

Baseball’s 14-Member Special Committee Agenda

Improvements on the Field of Play

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The committee met for the first time on Thursday, January 14th. Prior to the initial meeting, this is what the commissioner had to say about the committee,

“I’ve encouraged this group to be very

Stadium Review: Busch Stadium, Home of the St. Louis Cardinals

Busch Stadium
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Upon arrival at Busch Stadium, one thing comes completely clear, the planners of this park certainly did all they could to remind fans of the rich history of the Cardinals, while also keeping a modern look present with the park.


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