All Entries in the "Interview" Category
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 [...]
NoMass.org Gets Some Cash(man)!
Our newly acquired friends from the Fantasy Sports Network (FSN) have recently scored an exclusive interview with New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman!
Check out The Mother of All Interviews: NoMaas v. Brian Cashman for an enlightening look into the front office of the Yankees. They discuss the offseason moves, non-moves, the [...]
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! [...]
Interview With An (female) Umpire, Part 2
Here is the second part of my interview with female umpire, Perry Lee Barber…
8. Who, if you can tell us, was/is the worst and was it because of their attitude in general or the fact that you’re a woman umpire?
I always suspect that the “attitude in general” has more to do [...]
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 [...]
The Complete Interview with Pitching Legend Tommy John
Tommy John and A Glove of Their Own
I recently interviewed former MLB pitcher Tommy John, for those of you who have been under a rock for the past 30 years, Tommy had played 26 seasons, accumulating 288 wins with a 3.34 ERA and over 2200 strikeouts. He played for 6 Major League Teams, including the [...]
Raul Ibanez on CNN’s Latino in America
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Please check out CNN’s Latinos in America Series to be aired on October 21 and October 22 at 9pm (EST). This clip is part of the interview with Phillies‘ LF Raul Ibanez as he sits down with Soledad O’Brien for CNN Latino in America. Please watch CNN on these days to watch his [...]
The Tommy John Interview: Part 3
Tommy John and His Thoughts on the Game Today
I started off the conversation in part 1 talking about how he became affiliated with the increasingly popular children’s book, “A Glove of Their Own”. Part 2 was a conversation on Tommy’s great career (in my humble opinion, he should be inducted into the Baseball [...]
The Tommy John Interview: Part 2
Tommy John and His Coaching and Playing Career
I started off the conversation in part 1 talking about how he became affiliated with the increasingly popular children’s book, “A Glove of Their Own”. Part two of this interview with Tommy John will highlight his career both pitching and coaching. At the end of the interview will [...]
The Tommy John Interview: Part 1
Tommy John and A Glove of Their Own
I recently interviewed former MLB pitcher Tommy John, for those of you who have been under a rock for the past 30 years, Tommy had played 26 seasons, accumulating 288 wins with a 3.34 ERA and over 2200 strikeouts. He played for 6 Major League Teams, including the [...]
Boston’s Other Green Monster
I recently interviewed co-founder of Perfect Mind Perfect Motion (PMPM) Sports, Buddy Biancalana and he put me in touch with former PMPM Sports student and current Red Sox INF/RP Nick Green. In this interview, Nick talks about his career, Boston and his experience with PMPM Sports.
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The Steve Garvey Interview
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I recently had the privilege of asking Dodger great, Steve Garvey (1B) a few questions. I was put in contact with Mr. Garvey by Athlete Promotions.
AthletePromotions manages the website, corporate appearances, speaking engagements and endorsement deals for 10 time All-Star, Steve Garvey. To see who else Athlete Promotions represents please visit their [...]
Interview with Greg Rajan of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Today we’re featuring an incredible interview with Greg Rajan, sports writer for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He has covered the team since its inception, and we’ve done these e-mail interviews with a number of people – this is, by far, the most extensive. Captip to Greg for taking the time to answer these questions thoroughly. [...]
Rollie’s Follies: An Interview with Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers
**The Quotes as presented are direct from Rollie Fingers courtesy of an interview that he was kind enough to grant me in conjunction with his new book.**
When people approach professional athletes, they are usually looking for a career retrospective or a biography. That is exactly what Yellowstone Ritter had in mind when [...]
Interview With Buddy Biancalana of PMPM Sports
Have you ever been playing sports and experienced a feeling that you thought was only seen in the movies that is called being “in the zone”? If you have or even if you’d like to read more about people who have experienced this, please read on. I recently had the pleasure and privelidge of interviewing [...]
Interview With SlumpBuster Co-Founder Jeff Brannon
If any of you have ever played sports as a kid, I’m sure you all have experienced being in a slump. But what did you do to get out of it? Some may have thought about wearing the same underwear to every game until the slump was broken. Others might not have washed their socks, [...]
INTERVIEW: Craig Calcaterra of Shysterball
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Here’s an interview done by Russ Smith of SpliceToday entitled, “Interview: Craig Calcaterra of Shysterball“. Russ was kind enough to allow up to repost this on Baseball Reflections today.
As the MLB season reaches its halfway mark, Splice has once again consulted Shysterball’s Craig Calcaterra, our favorite baseball blogger. Calcaterra, a [...]
Interview With Former MLB Catcher Brent Mayne
Whenever you get the chance to talk to someone that has been there, it’s always special to see it through their eyes.
On June the 19th, 2009, I was given the pleasure of an audience with Brent Mayne, a 15 year Major League Veteran. My connection with Brent was made through a gentleman named Bob Salomon, [...]
Interleague Play Q&A
Back on December 8, 2008 I posted a 10 question interview session that I conducted with 6 other baseball bloggers about their thoughts concerning Interleague play.
With the first Interleague series of the year going this weekend I thought it would be a good time to post this link to it for your amusement! Enjoy!
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A Compilation of Baseball Reflection’s Interviews
For those of you who were not reading Baseball Reflections in the early days, or are recent patrons of the site, I have gathered a listing of all of the interviews I have done for the site over the first 18 months of our existence. They are listed in the order in which they were [...]
An Interview with Chad Durbin, Phillies RP
Today we’d like to welcome 2008 World Series Champion relief pitcher from the Philadelphia Phillies, Chad Durbin to Baseball Reflections.com. We contacted Chad to talk about the World Series, his career and to discuss ShowcaseU.com which he co-founded. Showcase U gives high school student athletes a way to showcase themselves so that they [...]
An Interview of Baseball Bloggers on InterLeague Play
I got to thinking about what I like and dislike about interleague play in baseball when I thought of how great it would be to poll some baseball bloggers I know to see what they think. Here are the results. If you like it, please let us know in the comments and we’ll be sure [...]
Interview with the Creators & Owners of BallHype & ShowHype
Hi everyone! I take this slight detour in baseball talk to bring you an interview with the creators and owners of both BallHype and ShowHype, Erin & Jason Gurney. BallHype was launched in April of 2007 and will be celebrating its 1 Year Anniversary next month! Way to go you two! I’m not only the [...]
An Interview With A Florida Marlins Fan
This interview is with Ohad from Fish@Bat which can be found by clicking this link or you can catch him here at BallHype. My idea was to see the reaction of a Marlins fan to the recent trade with the Tigers, their two World Series titles and how they later dismantle the teams after they [...]
Interview With a Twins Fan
The Johan Santana situation, the Twins, and Blogging with Sooze from BabesLoveBaseball
I recently contacted Sooze from BabesLoveBaseball for a Twins fan’s perspective on the latest rumors coming out of Minnesota and about how she began blogging. BabesLoveBaseball has become one of the best baseball blogs around, it has a strong following and is unquestionably unique. [...]
