Archive for June, 2008
Last Week’s Top Hitters
Atlanta’s 1B Mark Teixeira hit 6 HRs last week while driving in 11 runs and hit .429 with an OBP of .571 to take this past week’s top spot for hitter of the week.
The Rays’ rookie sensation had another good week hitting 4 HRs while driving in 12 runs of his own and he [...]
Baseball Link Exchange
This week’s link goes out to one of my favorite concept blogs, The Nationals Enquirer.
Nice play on words if you ask me.
They claim to be “Your source for uninformed opinion, rumors, and misinformation about the Washington Nationals” (taken from their home page’s Who We Are section).
I honestly can’t say that I read them [...]
MLB Opinion Poll
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2008 All Star Game @ Yankee Stadium
Here we are, it’s reader contribution time. I need you, the readers, to post your comments to the following question and I will post the answers as an update on Saturday the 28th.
Who would you pick to start in the 2008 All Star game in Yankee Stadium? Please also add a closer and if you’d [...]
The Hottest Hitters of Week 12
Due to technical difficulties last night at camp (after being online for 45 minutes I had suddenly lost connection with the network), I was not able to post last week’s top 10 hottest hitters until now. Please excuse the delay.
This past week saw two great hitting performances from White Sox OF Jermaine Dye [...]
MLB Opinion Poll
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On Vacation
To the readers of Baseball Reflections,
I will be on vacation from Friday night (6/20) until Friday afternoon (6/27); therefore, posting will be light (done in advance) and I may not be able to respond to any e-mails or comments until I return. However, this post and all others this week were written in advance. Thanks [...]
Injuries and Interleague Play
Recently I wrote about when pitchers were hitters, too. Something I did not mention, but in hindsight, I should have, is how AL pitchers run the risk of getting hurt when they pitch against an NL team in an NL park.
Well, as you might have guessed, I’m not on the side of [...]
On the Hot Seat!
The first firing of the 2008 season was Reds GM Wayne Krivsky back in April. Then in June we have seen the firing of Seattle GM Bill Bavasi and Mets Manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first-base coach Tom Nieto. Now there’s rumors swelling around that Seattle is going to release 1B Richie [...]
Thoughts on the State of the Game: Pt. 3
Editor’s note: I have broken this up into a three part series by Bill Jordan
Can I Get a Replay?
Granted this has been a terrible month for home run calls. Carlos Delgado and Alex Rodriguez have reasons to be upset, but when are people going to realize that baseball is not going to just throw [...]
Baseball Links Exchange: Phillies Nation
Now, while the Phillies may not be my hometown team, I’d have to admit that they are one of my favorite teams in baseball right now. If only the pitching on the whole was better, they’d be a beast in the NL East. With players like Howard, Utley and Rollins what’s not to like? Add [...]
Week 11’s Top 10 MLB Hitters
Grady’s Ladies must be proud of their guy (that’s Indian’s CF Grady Sizemore, not Grady Little) after this past week’s performance as he topped this week’s list of Top 10 MLB hitters for week 11. On second though, I think that his being on top of this list is probably icing on the cake as [...]
BASEBALL TRIVIA
The question was: Who is the only pitcher with over 3,000 strikeouts and fewer than 1,000 walks? He won 20 or more games for six straight years.
The answer is Ferguson Jenkins
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Who’s The Hottest Hitter AND Who Will Remain Hot
Who’s the Hottest?
All the hype these days have been with second year player for the Texas Rangers, OF Josh Hamilton. Although his is a story that defies the odds, which makes his story the feel good story of the 2008 season so far, and in the NL you can look towards the current NL MVP [...]
Baseball Links Exchange
Here are the write ups on the writers of this week’s link exchange, SABR Neighbor…some sexy baseball insight, taken from their page, Our Lineup.
Joe O’Rourke is heading into the final year of his career at Penn State University as a Business Management major and is receiving a minor in Economics. Joe is also a member [...]
Thoughts on the State of the Game: Pt. 2
Editor’s note: I have broken this up into a three part series by Bill Jordan
Game Time
So once again, the game is too long.
But who has a problem with it? This is one of the instances where the media seems to blow things out of proportion. Do they want games that last an hour? Do [...]
Griffey Hits # 600!
Enters an Elite Club
He did it! I won’t hide it anymore, but I am a Ken Griffey Jr. fan. I always have been even though my home team is not Seattle or the Reds. I just think that he has the sweetest swing I have ever seen! He hit a no-doubter over the right field [...]
MLB’s Week 10 Hottest Hitters
#1 this week is brought to you by Milton Bradley. Not the board game company, but the Texas Ranger’s DH who hit 6 HRs this week with 14 runs scored while knocking in 12 RBIs, swiping 4 bases and hitting .464 with an OBP of .615
That was more than 10 points better than the next [...]
BASEBALL TRIVIA
Who is the only pitcher with over 3,000 strikeouts and fewer than 1,000 walks? He won 20 or more games for six straight years.
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When Pitchers Were Hitters
Before there was the DH, all pitchers HAD to hit and there were some greats, if you can remember. I recall someone by the name of Ruth who came up in the Boston organization as a starting pitcher. We all know what happened to George Herman Ruth once he was traded to NY and transitioned [...]
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 The New York Mets, The ‘Ropolitans.
Andrew Vazzano is a print journalism major at Quinnipiac University, and has been blogging the Mets since July of 2006 and he has commented here on Baseball [...]
Thoughts on the State of the Game: Pt. 1
Editor’s note: I have broken this up into a three part series by Bill Jordan
The Draft
While everyone schedules their respective days around the NFL and NBA drafts, even some die hard sports fans are unaware when the MLB draft even takes place.
There are always going to be problems of getting people to pay [...]
Who’s Hot This (past) Week?!
Week 9
There’s no doubt about it, the rest of MLB is chasing the Phillies’ 2B, Chase Utley. This week saw him hit 5 HRs, knock in over 10 runs while stealing 2 bases and hitting over .390 with an OBP of .500, see his full line below.
Next on this week’s list is the official AL [...]
