Author Archive for Peter Schiller
My name is Peter Schiller. I am the creator/owner of Baseball Reflections.com. I’m also a contributing writer. To read more of my work here at Baseball Reflections just click HERE! I am also affiliated with a great cause, a children's book with a great message called, "A Glove of Their Own". Everyone who purchases a copy of this great book using the promotional code PIF 129, a $3.00 donation will be made when purchased through the Franklin Mason Press website for Pitch In For Baseball at checkout. You can purchase a copy by following the link at their website http://www.agloveoftheirown.com
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,
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
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…
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…
Interview With An (female) Umpire, Part 2
Here is the second part of my interview with female umpire, Perry Lee Barber…
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Interview With An (female) Umpire Part 1
Umpire/Musician Perry Lee Barber
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
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Help Us Improve Baseball Reflections.com
During this busy Hot Stove Season we are taking this opportunity to ask you, our readers, what you like, dislike about Baseball Reflections.com. Likewise, we want to know what you want to see more of and what you would like to see us write about that we don’t already do.
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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?!
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…
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DRSEA INFORMER: Home Court Advantage
Volume 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
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
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The Top 10 Fantasy SS of 2009
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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),…
Mark McGwire’s PED Admission: How Truthful Was it?
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The Admission
The other day, former A’s and Cardinals slugging first baseman “finally” admitted to using steroids back in his playing days. But, he only admitted to using…
Andre Dawson: 2010 Hall of Fame Inductee
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Belated Congratulations
On Wednesday, January 6th, OF Andre “Hawk” Dawson, in his 8th year of eligibility (starts 5 years after retirement) was the sole player inductee into the 2010 class of the Baseball…
Akadema’s Prodigy Series Youth Baseball Gloves
Prodigy Design Series AOZ 91, For players ages 9-13
Anyone who has followed my writing closely from the start or who happens to know me personally should know that I am a HUGE Ozzie Smith fan! His Cardinals number is on my HS class ring as my favorite position to play in HS was SS. So, when I found out that he…
Announcement: Baseball Reflections 1st. Annual Pledge Drive
Coming up in March (2010) and lasting the whole month, we will be hosting our first annual pledge drive. The money this drive brings in will help pay for any administration or operational fees accrued during a normal year of running this blog.
Depending on how successful this initial pledge drive is, will determine if we can hire a…
A Case for a Baseball Hall of Fame Induction
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Why haven’t the BBWAA elected the closer with the third highest saves total with 478? The only two guys ahead of him are still playing (Hoffman and Rivera) and former inductees whom are below him on the list…
Hall Of Very Good HOF Chat/Discussion Tonight!
For those of you that crave to let your voice be heard on the topic of who should be the next men enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010 this is a MUST attend event!
Below you will find an event reminder to The Hall of Very Good’s Live Chat…
