Archive for May, 2008
MLB Trivia
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’s Staying & Who’s Not?!
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 under .500 or staying in last place. The Rays will be above .500 and probably be in…
Baseball Links Exchange
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 are baseball fanatics.
He, like me, has read the book “Moneyball”, but unlike me, he will defend his…
On the Road
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 Jordan and an editorial on the impact of pitcher’s that can hit can have on a major league team.
This Past Week’s Hottest Hitters
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 Howard’s line of 6/4/9/0/.276/.344 (R/HR/RBI/SB/BA/OBP).
I am not surprised to see SD 1B Adrian Gonzalez on this list, but…
MLB Trivia Answer
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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MLB Trivia
What was the original name of Wrigley Field?
The answer will be revealed this time next week.
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The Yankees Recent Decline
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 a second.
For the Yankees and their fans, eight years is like an eternity. It has…
Baseball Links Exchange
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 I know of for good Marlins coverage are Fish@Bat, whom I conducted this interview with shortly…
Hottest Hitters per Position
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 catcher position are the leader (per my metrics) Geovany Soto of the Cubs. Others include…
Lester’s No-Hitter
About 22 months ago, Jon Lester, talented young starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. 10 months later, Lester was the winning pitcher for Boston’s clinching game 4 victory in last year’s World Series against the Rockies. Now, 18 months after defeating cancer and completing his cancer treatment (chemo and all), lefty Jon Lester became the Red Sox 18th pitcher to hurl a no hitter. Throwing…
Week Seven’s Hottest Hitters
For those of you who thought that Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox had a good week last week, check out the Chicago Cub’s OF Alfonzo Soriano’s figures this week! He has had the best week of any player all year long. If you think otherwise, let me know! Soriano hit 7 HRs with a BA & OBP over .500 to go along with double digits in runs & RBIs,…
MLB Trivia
Who are the only brothers enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
The answer will be given next week! Step up to the plate and take a guess at the answer.
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Pitching Wins in the MLB
In my opinion, pitching is probably the most important aspect of the game of baseball.
This fact is highlighted by the dominance of Josh Beckett in the playoff both as a Marlin and as a member of the Red Sox. The same holds true for Curt Schilling, too. When the Angels won the World Series, K-Rod was the best set up man in the post season and a big reason…
The Arizona Diamondbacks: How They Were Built
In an attempt to lower the average age of the writers of this site, I would like to introduce to you, the readers of Baseball Reflections, the newest addition to our site’s team, Bill Jordan. He is also a staff member of the Business of Sports Network where he is the Editor of Content for BizofFootball.com and a contributor to BizofBaseball.com and BizofBasketball.com. He also contributes to ArmChairGM.com as well as BleacherReport.com. He is…
Bloggers Unite
The MLB tends to concentrate on local communities. They work with the National Urban League, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), to name a few. Not sure if this falls under “Human Rights” technically, but I think it’s a human right to eat, learn and wear clothes and they sure help out with that. If I find anything international in nature, I’ll update.…
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s Baseball Links Exchange will focus on the work of Maury Brown, fellow blogger and reader of Baseball Reflections, or at least he use to. I got a comment from him once before. J Maury hosts The Business of Sports Network which is home to the following sites
He is a contributor to Baseball Prospectus, was formerly on the staff…
Week 6’s Hottest Hitters!
Three mighty men sit atop this week’s hottest hitter of the week, but Boston’s 1B Kevin Youkilis edged out the other two with his 6HRs to go along with the rest of his week’s line of 10/14/1/.417/.421 (R/RBI/SB/BA/OBP).
The other two players were the Marlins 2B Dan Uggla who also hit .417 and smacked 5 HRs of his own. The other, was week 4’s hottest hitter, Houston’s Lance Berman. This week, he hit for an amazing…
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s installation of Baseball Links Exchange highlights the writings of dchase from the blog: Brock For Broglio. His site is a great source for Fantasy Baseball enthusiasts. He not only shares his opinion on the game of Fantasy Baseball, but he also shares his resources with his readers, telling you, the reader, where to go to find the best information out there for Fantasy Baseball. And he’s always looking…
Who’s Hot & Who’s Not: in the Standings
As of today, 5 teams have topped 20 wins. Some of them you would expect: Red Sox, Angels and maybe even the Diamondbacks. But who would have envisioned the rebuilding A’s or the Cardinals with their injury-riddled rotation? Predictions: The Sox, Angels and Diamondbacks have the best shot out of these five to stay atop their divisions, but the A’s and Cardinals will drop to around .500.
Also, who would…
Who’s the Hottest Hitter in Week 5
Oakland A’s: Jack Cust
Jack had 3 HRs this week, but only 4 RBIs while he hit .500 with an OBP of .600 and he scored 6 runs (3 of which came on his 3 HRs).
A close second to Cust was Pirate’s RF Xavier Nady who went homerless this week but also scored 6 runs while hitting for a .450 BA with an OBP of .593 and he knocked in 7…
Hottest Pitcher in April
My vote goes to the Arizona Diamondback’s Micah Owings. He’s probably one of my favorite pitchers of the past two years, but I don’t get to see him play much being from the east coast. To go along with his much improved performance on the mound so far this year (4-0 with a 3.48 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP 28 K’s in 31 innings) he is hitting .421 with 1…
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s link exchange will be on blogger billfer (Bill Ferris) of Detroit Tigers Weblog which Bill started back in 2001. His was the first Detroit Tigers blog and he’s proud of it! And, he should be, it’s a darn good blog.
You can also find Bill writing at his other site Baseblogging, which is a great resource for professional baseball (or any other sport) blogging.
You can also find Bill writing about…
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