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". For every purchase of this great book using the promotional code WBO, a $3.00 donation will be made when purchased through the Franklin Mason Press website for World Baseball Outreach at checkout. You can purchase a copy by following the link at their website www.agloveoftheirown.com
In Honor of the 10th Anniversary of 911
In lieu of a moment of silence, which we obviously cannot do on a blog, a volunteered group of members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) are participating in a site blackout tomorrow, 9/11/2011. In honor of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, we have agreed to collectively go “dark” for the entire day of [...]
The 8th Annual 100 Innings of Baseball Game for ALS
The 8th Annual 100 innings of Baseball game for ALS will be held once again at Adams Field in Quincy, MA over Columbus Day weekend starting at 9:00am on Saturday, 10/08, and continuing for 33+ straight hours, ending sometime Sunday afternoon, 10/09. Details from prior years, and graphics can be found at www.bostonbaseball.com/100innings.php. Curt Schilling will once [...]
2011 WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon
Join me in raising the awareness to the wonderful work of The Jimmy Fund, the Boston Red Sox official charity for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Jimmy Fund was founded in 1948 and made popular by the generosity and support of the late great Red Sox LF Ted Williams. To learn more about The Jimmy Fund, click HERE. The main [...]
A Review of the Documentary: Jews in Baseball
Released last November (2010), the documentary Jews in Baseball lives up to the hype, documenting some of (if not all of) the most important Jewish major leaguers that have ever played the game of baseball. The DVD shows how players such as Hank Greenberg and Sandy Kofax honored their Jewish faith, while paving the [...]
Try to Beat Me at Fandazzle’s Game of Gurus
WEEKLY FANTASY GAMES Congratulations! You have created (0) league(s) for the game : Fantazzles Game of Gurus Fantasy Baseball 7:05pm ET (8/8 – 8/14) Name: SS – My selection: Rafael Furcal Name: 3B – My selection: Jose Bautista Name: 1B – My selection: Adrian Gonzalez Name: OF – My selection: Jacoby Ellsbury Name: C [...]
Donnie Baseball Hit’s Another Home Run
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toms River, NJ, Apr. 23, 2011—Bob Salomon, Co-Creator and driving force of “A Glove of Their Own,” an award winning book, is pleased to announce Don Mattingly and Mattingly Charities has joined the “Glove Team.” Mattingly, or Donnie Baseball, as he is so often referred to as is a lifelong [...]
BBA Baseball Talk with Special Guest “The Injury Expert” Will Carroll
Join me (Peter Schiller) next Tuesday, May 31st at 9pm EST along with the site’s new editor Aaron Somers (from Blogging From the Bleachers), and fellow BBA member, as we host our special guest, “The Injury Expert” Will Carroll. I host the BBA Baseball Talk podcast every time there is a fifth Tuesday in a [...]
Reminder: Join Us to a 1-Day Fantasy Baseball FreeRoll
Hosted by DraftStreet.com As a reminder, we have teamed up with DraftStreet.com to offer an exclusive free contest to BaseballReflections.com readers. The freeroll will have $100 in cash prizes, the top 4 get paid, and it is totally free to sign up. How can you not get in on this? Pit yourself against me (Peter Schiller, owner, writer [...]
Try Our Free 1-Day Fantasy Baseball FreeRoll Hosted by DraftStreet.com
Baseball season has arrived and it’s time for fantasy baseball. But not the average, full-season, six-month type that seems to never end. I’m talking about a one-night showdown on Friday, May 13th. Yes, Friday the 13th! We have teamed up with DraftStreet.com to offer an exclusive free contest to BaseballReflections.com readers. The freeroll will [...]
A Review of an 11” Middle Infielders Baseball Glove from PM Custom Gloves
This season in my over thirty baseball league (I play 2B) I hope to feature this 11” Stripes Pro Series PM Custom Glove in Kip Leather thanks to the kind people at PM Custom Gloves. In order to bring you this review, they allowed me to design my own custom glove for this very reason. [...]
Yours Truly to Host the next BBA Baseball Talk Podcast
The Show Details When: Tuesday Night, March 29th, 9pm EST Where: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ivieleagueproductions Call-in Number: 917-889-3190 Content: We will have 5 of the Baseball Reflections authors talking about all 6 MLB divisions in 10 minute (we hope) segments This is your chance to hear what some of your favorite writers sound like! The Line Up AL [...]
My Review on Mattingly Baseball Bats with their V-Grip™ Technology
After being away from the game of baseball as a player (in an organized league) for over 20 years, I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to catch up to fastballs in excess of 80 mph anymore. I took the plunge and signed up to play in my first over thirty baseball (NOT softball) [...]
Hosting BBA Baseball Talk on Tuesday, March 29th Again!
Once again, I will be hosting the fifth week of this month’s BBA Baseball Talk’s podcast on Tuesday, March 29th. Guests & the time will be released ASAP and the show can be listened to live and downloaded afterwards (available through iTunes). But for the best experience, I highly recommend that you listen in live and [...]
Introducing: The Baseball Reflections Mobile App
Well, better late than never! By clicking on the image below of the green android next to the weird square you can download the new Baseball Reflections mobile app. This app is powered by Notice Orange, a division of Notice Software! Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
Baseball Heroes of World War II
Here’s a quick, pre-spring training, WWII video highlighting famous MLB players who gave up years of their baseball career in order to serve their beloved country in a time of war! Let’s remember them by adding any war stories of them that you have either heard of or know from first hand experience, in the [...]
How Baseball Gloves Are Made
Going Yard with Kenn Olson will not be available this week, but in its place, please enjoy this educational video on how baseball gloves are made. We apologize for any inconvenience this omission might cause. If anyone is interested in creating a glove manufacturing company based out of Lawrence, MA in the old Mills, please [...]
A Video on How To Make Baseballs
For your viewing pleasure, here is a video on how to make baseballs. Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
Two Historic Pitchers Retired This Off Season And Their Press Conferences
Trevor Hoffman Calls It Quits So, after the trials of the 2010 season where Glenn’s little brother saw himself loose his job as the closer for the Brewers for a while, yet rebound and still get his 600th career save (most ever), he decided to hang ‘em up! Here is the video of his retirement [...]
SABR Day 2011
So, some of you may already be planning to attend your local SABR Day event, others may want to, but have prior engagements that they cannot break, while even others are (right now) asking just what in the world is SABR anyway?! No, it is not a group of sabermetricians; although that’s what I mistakenly [...]
A Review of Positional Hitting by Jaime Cevallos
If used correctly, Jaime Cevallos’ book, “Positional Hitting: The Modern Approach to Analyzing and Training Your Baseball Swing”, could revolutionize the way players approach hitting and improve their swing mechanics. In my opinion, this book is a modern transition from Ted William’s book “The Science of Hitting”. In fact, the author told me that Positional [...]
A Review of High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball by Tim Wendel
The Hardcover version The full title of this book is “High Heat: the Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time”. Its chapters are named after different aspects of pitching: The Windup, The Pivot, The Stride, The Arm Acceleration, The Release, The Follow-Through, and The Call. It [...]
A Charlie Rose Interview with Hall of Famer Willie Mays
This interview is over 20 minutes long and was found on hulu.com Enjoy! Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
Check Out LiveBaseballChat.com this Upcoming MLB Season!
With pitchers and catchers reporting to their proper teams in a little over a month from now, we decided to introduce to you a way that you can chat with fellow fans during any MLB game in 2011 by way if this interview. LiveBaseballChat.com are a friend of the BBA (wihich Baseball Reflections is a [...]
REMEMBERING FENWAY PARK: An Oral and Narrative History of the Home of the Boston Red Sox
Click this Link to Buy “Remembering Fenway Park” THE BABE. THE KID. THE CURSE. THE MONSTER. A CENTURY OF STORIES. REMEMBERING FENWAY PARK: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOME OF THE BOSTON RED SOX Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.Welcome to Fenway Park. Six days after the Titanic sank in the [...]
BBA Baseball Talk Tonight Covering The Phillies and the Hall of Fame Voting
I just want to send out a note that Steve Keane from The Eddie Kranepool Society and This Call To The Bullpen will be hosting the BBA Baseball Talk Show on Blog Talk Radio tonight at 11PM ET. His guest will be fellow BBA member, Bill Baer of Crashburn Alley. Bill and I will be [...]
MLB.com CEO: Challenges of streaming live baseball to mobile devices
At the Open Mobile Summit (via ZDNet.com) in San Francisco, MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman talks about optimizing mobile applications in a world with network congestion. He says, the company considers file size and network congestion and adjusts bit rates accordingly when streaming live baseball events to its mobile users. Help support Baseball Reflections and buy [...]
Roberto’s Kids: an international non-profit organization named after Roberto Clemente
We collect new and gently worn baseball equipment from the US and Canada and distribute it to disadvantaged youth in Latin American countries, the US and around the World. Our global reach and leadership bridges the gap between different cultures through baseball. Our organization partners with communities as they develop and nurture social responsibility. The [...]
Merry Christmas 2010
Merry Christmas! No political correctness on this blog, after all, this is a baseball site and seeing that Charlie Brown and the rest of the peanuts gang (written and created by Charles M. Schultz) were also fans of the great sport of baseball I thought I’d add this clip from the classic, “A Charlie Brown [...]
A Video Tribute to Hall of Famer Bob Feller
Please share your favorite stories of the late Bob Feller in the comments section below! We hope you like this video tribute… Feel free to add links to any other video tributes on Bob Feller in the comments section as well! Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
The Vibro-Belt Was Not As Good As Seen On TV
In an attempt to get in better shape for the 2011 baseball season, the kind people at Wayfair sent me the Vibro-Belt. I have to admit that I was skeptical going into this review and upon trying it out, I wasn’t disappointed. Now if you just wanted something that would give you a good message, [...]
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