The answer to last week’s question: What was the original name of Wrigley Field?
The correct answer is Weeghman Field

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Who will remain in 1st Place and how long will they last?
AL East
Currently in first place is the Tampa Bay Rays. Although I think they are the real deal, this is too strong of a division for them to remain in 1st place by the All Star break. Likewise, I don’t envision the Yankees staying […]

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This week’s Links Exchange shout out goes to a fellow reader of Baseball Reflections and one of the many blogs that cover Red Sox Nation, Sox Addict. Michael is a self-proclaimed stats geek who has a love for the Red Sox that is bred at birth by some New England sport fans, especially those that […]

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Baseball Reflections  will be on the road late this week and away from a computer connection all of Friday, May 30th.
I will try to write a commentary of the Red Sox/Orioles game I will be attending at Oriole Park at Camden Yards over the weekend.  

Next week will bring us a new article from Bill […]

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Week 8: New Faces
This week’s list not only gives us some new faces, but is also giving us some down to earth numbers as well. On top of this list is last year’s runner-up to the AL MVP title, Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez with a line of 7/3/9/0/.478/.500 (R/HR/RBI/SB/BA/OBP) which just edges out the Phillies Ryan […]

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Paul and Lloyd Waner, both played 14 years as outfielders for the Pirates. They were also known, respectively, as Big Poinson and Little Poison.

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What was the original name of Wrigley Field?
The answer will be revealed this time next week.

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Some Thoughts on the Yankees Decline Over the Last 8 Years
Most fans wouldn’t be too mad if their team had not won a championship in just eight years. If someone told Cubs or Indians fans that they would have to wait just eight more years to win the World Series, they would take it in […]

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Team Focus: The Florida Marlins
 
They are in First Place in the NL East right now so I thought this was the perfect time to do a shout out to them. Congratulations guys! It will be fun to see if this young team can hold it together like the D’Backs did last year.
The only two sites […]

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Peter’s Fantasy Baseball Corner
All of these stats are as of May 15, 2008 (almost a week ago), which was a month and a half into the season. Here’s a look at the hot fantasy hitters by position using a typical 5×5 fantasy scoring, but with the addition of OBP.

The big surprises thus far at the […]

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