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Baseball News, Tweets & More: Wednesday pm
Wednesday Afternoon Edition
@ ESPN_baseball: Josh Reddick's story – http://tinyurl.com/yh7qwxo (Red Sox OF prospect)
@ JCRMarlinsbeat: Florida Marlins: Josh Johnson told to watch his mouth; Derrick Turnbow done? http://goo.gl/fb/SONt
@ mlbtraderumors: Odds & Ends: Washburn, Michael Garciaparra, Byrd http://bit.ly/dnaj2k #mlb & White Sox Release Daniel Cabrera, Jason Botts http://bit.ly/bC07qJ #mlb & PRO Rumors: Michael Garciaparra, Corey Wade and [...]
Nats Fans Beware: The Strasburg Effect
Nats Fans Beware: Too much of a good thing can be bad for your health. Here's what can happen when watching future Nats Ace Stephen Strasburg battle back from a 3-0 count to strike a batter out!
The first time around shows Strasburg's last three pitches (all strikes) & you have to look hard in order [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More, Tuesday pm
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Tuesday Afternoon Edition
From yesterday @MLB_Monster: Mets’ K-Rod perfect in spring debut (AP): St. Louis starter Brad Penny absorbed a line drive off his pitching elbo… http://bit.ly/cV9xIn & Mariners lefty Lee ejected for throwing at Snyder (source: SI.com): TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Seattle Mariners ace Cli… http://bit.ly/cWsb5j & filed under OUCH!… A’s [...]
The Oendan: The Japanese Baseball Fan Club
“What I was amazed, bewildered, and never, never surprised at was the love that the Japanese people have for the game of baseball. It’s mindboggling. It’s not to be understood . . . in a normal way. It’s abnormal.”
When Bobby Valentine made the above remark about Japanese baseball fans at an event at New [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More: Monday pm
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Monday Afternoon Edition
This one is BIG scary news for the Red Sox…@PeteAbe: In today’s Globe: Concern evident for Sox’ Westmoreland – http://b.globe.com/bOw5Ya
@alexspeier: Ellsbury trying to become 1st AL LF since ‘81 to win Gold Glove. Ellsbury ‘not losing any sleep’ about UZR +/-. http://bit.ly/b8kDK0 #redsox
@PeteAbe: New blog post: Thanks for coming, [...]
Reflections on the 2010 White Sox: A Preview
The 2010 season is less than a month away, and here on the South side of Chicago (read: the western Chicago suburbs), White Sox fans are mostly talking about five topics in regards to the team’s upcoming campaign.
The arms race: Say it with me, “Buehrle, Peavy, Danks, Floyd… Garcia”
If there’s a [...]
MLB Umpires Holding Online Auction to Benefit Children
Priceless Memorabilia, One-of-a-Kind Experiences Highlight Online Charity Event
New York, NY (March 9, 2010)—A Major League Baseball jersey signed by President
Barack Obama, the chance for you and friends to watch batting practice from the field, a
pre-concert meet-and-greet with the Black Eyed Peas including floor seating, tickets to
the 2010 All-Star Game, and [...]
Sox Prospect Lars Anderson Making Best of Spring Training
Highly touted Red Sox prospect Lars Anderson is making the best of Spring Training this year in Ft Myers. MLB.com listed him as one of baseball’s top 25 prospects last year, so he has a lot to live up to.
Lars has appeared in five of the Sox first seven pre-season games [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More: Friday pm
Friday Afternoon Edition
Starting today, March 12, 2010 and running through Monday, March 22, 2010 is a charity auction for a good cause promoted by MLB Umpires! See they aren’t bad guys after all! J Just kidding!
It’s called UMPS CARE Charities and it’s the official charity of Major League Baseball umpires. Their website is http://www.umpscare.com [...]
Marlins Starting Pitching Is A Sleeping Giant In The N.L. East
JUPITER, FL- As I watched the New York Mets defeat the Florida Marlins in a sloppy 11-2 affair on Monday, I couldn’t help but ponder how different the two N.L. East rivals are.
Much has been written about the New York Mets recent under-achieving, particularly 2009 where they finished 70-92 [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More…Thursday pm
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Thursday Afternoon Edition
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@ESPN_baseball: Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly says team has discussed him eventually replacing Joe Torre – http://tinyurl.com/yjbux24
@MLB_Monster: LaRoche eyes more power in 2010: LaRoche eyes more power in 2010 http://bit.ly/9NdS29 & Rockies, Todd Helton Agree To Extension: The Rockies and first baseman Todd Helton [...]
Aaron Bates Having A Productive Spring Training with the Red Sox
One week into spring training and Red Sox first base prospect Aaron Bates is among the team leaders in games played and hitting. The right handed 26 year old has a .300 batting average after appearing in six of the teams first seven games.
He is pleased with his strong start, and is [...]
Nomar Garciaparra Signs with Red Sox, Quickly Announces Retirement
Nomar Garciaparra signed a minor league deal this morning with the Boston Red Sox, then promptly announced his retirement at a 10:30 AM press conference. Joining Nomar at the press conference were President/CEO Larry Lucchino and Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein. Several friends and family members of Garciaparra were [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More…Wednesday pm
@ESPN_baseball: Source: Beckett eager to get deal wrapped up – http://tinyurl.com/yh3qpj8 [it would be great to get a Beckett deal done before the start of the season and have him, Lackey, Lester & Dice-K locked up with Buchholtz (sp) under team control for a while. What other team could boast a rotation like that under [...]
Michael Bowden to Start for Red Sox on Saturday
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One of the Red Sox top right handed pitching prospects will be making his 2010 Spring Training debut as a starter for the big league club this Saturday. Michael Bowden will get the call to face the Pirates at City of Palms Park in Ft. Myers. Bowden has [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More…Tuesday pm
Tuesday Afternoon Edition
@prorumors : Hank Blalock signs Minor League deal with Tampa Bay Rays http://goo.gl/fb/Qiue #topstories #contract #hankblalock
@steveslow: Chasing Sabermetric’s Holy Grail or, Another Stab at Valuing Catcher Defense http://sbnation.com/e/1127904 & Chasing the Grail, Part Two http://sbnation.com/e/1127922 & Updated my attempt at putting a UZR value on catcher defense. It’s only an estimate, [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More…Monday pm
Monday Afternoon Edition
@insidethepark: ItsAboutTheMoney.net No, you’re outta here http://bit.ly/bVw25t
@detroit_tigers: Detroit Tigers Links: Austin Jackson looking good in leadoff role http://bit.ly/9LI6if
@MLBHomeRun : Hamilton set for Cactus League debut Monday http://bit.ly/a93fd9 #MLB
@prorumors : Sandy Alderson hired to prevent drug use, age and ID fraud in Dominican http://goo.gl/fb/caiX #majorleaguebaseball & #Rays manager Joe Maddon on Blalock, “I anticipate [...]
First Annual Baseball Reflections Pledge Drive: Update
We’ve added some perks to the pledge drive today. Actually, we forgot to mention this in the kickoff article a week ago! Sorry about that! All previous pledges will count towards these added bonuses.
For every $30 donation you are free to choose an item, under $6.00 from our line of Baseball [...]
Baseball News, Tweets & More…Monday, am
Monday Morning Edition
You don’t see this everyday! From an MLB Tweets: Watch Omir Santos‘ inside-the-park grand slam http://is.gd/9XeYT – “He gets an ice cream after the game” #Mets & PLAY BALL | Chapman debut today http://is.gd/9Xg4A | Broadcast schedule http://is.gd/9XgCq | Report to http://MLB.TV #MLB
A Tweet from SABR: First female pro [...]
Baseball Reflections Weekly Mailbag
Here’s our weekly (we hope) mailbag. This is where YOU, the Baseball Reflections readers, get to ask questions of the Baseball Reflections staff (me and probably one or two others depending on the question) on any baseball related topic of your choosing. It can be on Fantasy Baseball, sabermetrics, specific team [...]
Minnesota Twins Season Preview
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1) How was the off-season? What kind of grade would you give it?
For the Twins, the 2009 offseason was one of the best in recent history. After the (unfortunate) early exit from the postseason to end the 2009 season, the Twins had several clear and pressing needs. The most [...]
Eri Yoshida Pitches for Tim Wakefield
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Here are some of the quotes from the knuckleballers from an article on NESN.com where these videos came from by Michael Hurley entitled, “Tim Wakefield Offers Pitching Advice to 18-Year-Old Female Knuckleballer Eri Yoshiba“.
“I was very impressed,” Wakefield said. “It’s an honor to have somebody to carry on a knuckleball tradition, and someone [...]
Yankees Say Goodbye – and Hello – to Old Faces
The New York Yankees may be coming off their 27th World Championship, but Brian Cashman didn’t spend much time this offseason basking in the afterglow of the title. Instead, he made significant changes to reshape the team. But not everybody in Yankeeland is happy with those changes.
Most fans figured that either World [...]
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Baseball Reflections Weekly Mailbag
Here’s our weekly (we hope) mailbag. This is where YOU, the Baseball Reflections readers, get to ask questions of the Baseball Reflections staff (me and probably one or two others depending on the question) on any baseball related topic of your choosing. It can be on Fantasy Baseball, sabermetrics, specific team related or just baseball [...]
DRSEA INFORMER: Volume III, Issue 4, Section 1
Buscando El Bosque (Looking For The Forest) – As Major League Baseball struggles to find solutions to a myriad of problems in the Dominican Republic, I can’t help but think that sometimes it tries too hard to be innovative – maybe some of the answers are right in front of it.
As reported in the last [...]
Top 10 Fantasy RF in 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 [...]
An Interview with Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr.
A recent interview with Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr (SS/3B) of the Baltimore Orioles speaks to Ryan Bere of Boston Baseball about his clinic in Boston, his baseball camps in South Carolina and Maryland, and his view on amateur adult baseball and coaching.
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My Guest Appearance on Pro Rumors TV
Here is the video from my guest appearance on Pro Rumors TV this past Saturday night, 2/20/10. The two hosts are live and they called me up as their guest that night.
By the way, I had topics of interest to go by, but that last question wasn’t on the list they gave [...]
The Pitchers and Catchers Have Seen Their Shadow: Seven More Weeks Of Spring!
This past week the light of spring peeked through the tunnel of winter. Pitchers and Catchers reported to Major League Baseball teams around the country. The soreness of unused muscles began to set in, not of those players reporting, but of those fans anxiously awaiting a new baseball season.
There are many [...]
