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How to Umpire Youth Baseball
Long time youth baseball umpire talks about umpire mechanics. Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
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 [...]
Introducing Y Athlete
Y Athlete… Assisting and Empowering Todays Athletes The one thing that separates the successful athletes who reach their highest potential level from those who don’t are the ones who lack focus. Focus defined is the concentration of attention or energy on something: i.e. a goal. As an athlete looking to make it in their respective [...]
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 [...]
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!
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 [...]
Baseball Legend Cal Ripken Jr. Challenges Kids to Improve their Math Skills
Grand Slam Baseball Challange The video that follows was taken from a local Washington DC FoxNews station… Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
The 5 Best Father and Sons in Baseball…
…in my opinion! Number 5 Felipe and Moises Alou You can see the stats for Felipe Alou by clicking this link. You can see the stats for Moises Alou by clicking this link. Number 4 Cecil and Price Fielder – The only father – son duo to each hit 50 or more home runs! You [...]
A Preview of the AL & NL Championship Series
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American and National League Divisional Series Prediction
OK, this is my first attempt at a webcast so it’s bound to be a little rough around the edges. I now see that it is much easier doing one of these with at least one more person like on the BBA Baseball Talk podcasts or online with the guys over at Pro Rumors TV. [...]
An Editorial of the Book: Strike IX by Paul Lonardo
STRIKE IX tells the plight of the 1999 Providence College Friars baseball team and their beloved sport, which they learned would be eliminated at the end of that upcoming season in order for the school to comply with the federal regulation, Title IX. Written to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of PC’s historic season, this book [...]
My Plan for Getting In Shape for the 2011 Baseball Season
The good people over at CSN Stores asked me to do a review of one of the products that they sell at one of their stores. Given my performance or better yet, my lack of mobility in the field playing baseball this year after a 21 year layoff, I decided to go with the Vibro-belt [...]
An Oldie, but a Goodie…The Chicken Ices Barney (Video)
As I recoup from being out of state since last Wednesday (I returned just yesterday), here’s another fun video to hold your attention until we return with our regularly scheduled programing… Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
Baseball Bloopers with Great Commentary
Seeing I’m away from home I thought I’d add this fun video for you and hopefully I will be able to post something else of more content either later today or tomorrow. Until then, enjoy! Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
2010 WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon: Day 2
Image by GregPC via Flickr Please 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. [...]
2010 WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon
Image by wallyg via Flickr 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 [...]
Top 5 Fantasy Surprises So Far in 2010: Pitchers
*These stats are as of 5/26/2010. The stats next to their names are W-L/SO/ERA/WHIP. These pitchers are the biggest surprises of the season so far… 5. Tyler Clippard, RP of the Washington Nationals 7-3/33/2.12/1.15 with 10 holds For a bullpen guy to have a 7-3 record so quickly into the season is unusual at best. [...]
Top 5 Fantasy Surprises So Far in 2010: Hitters
*These stats are as of 5/20/2010. The stats next to their names are R/HR/RBI/SB/BA. These players are the biggest offensive surprises of the season so far… 5. Paul Konerko 1B of the Chicago White Sox is hitting 21/14/30/0/.262 Image by Getty Images via @daylife Konerko is leading the all of baseball with his 14 HRs [...]
2010 Red Sox Charity Wines Launch Party
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be invited to the launch party of Zinfandellsbury (a Red Zinfandel from Ellsbury) and Chardon-K (a Chardonnay from Beckett) which are charity wines from Longball Cellars. If you are not familiar with the Red Sox charity wines the players do not profit a single dime; rather, 100% of their [...]
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 “Lunch [...]
How To Preserve An Autographed Bat
This is a video that tells you how to preserve a signed baseball bat. How to Preserve Autographs on a Baseball Bat — powered by eHow.com Was this helpful to you? Yes or No? Help support Baseball Reflections and buy me a coffee with PayPal!
Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) Now on Blog Talk Radio!
The writers of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance would like to announce that they are taking to the airwaves. Beginning Tuesday, February 16th at 11 pm Eastern, BBA Baseball Talk can be found at Blog Talk Radio. This one-hour show will discuss the big stories of the day in major league baseball and other baseball-related topics. [...]
A Post In Celebration of President’s Day
What If There Were Baseball In Colonial Times? The Coaching Staff Manager: George Washington – a born leader who will make mistakes along the way (fans would have criticized his moves as a baseball manager just like they do in today’s game, but he is the master of learning from his mistakes. I’d take our [...]
BackyardBall: A book on Whiffleball, aka Plastic Ball
Backyard Ball By Thomas P. Hannon, Jr. This is a fun filled book about the world of Plastic Baseball or Wiffle Ball. It includes all the information you need to start playing as a family game or serious league play. Use this book to help rediscover your Backyard and read about people who actually built [...]
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! [...]
Baseball Reflection’s Affiliation with Amazon
Image via CrunchBase 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 tell you just that! For starters, you can view and purchase from our aStores which is where you can [...]
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 career back with the [...]
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. [...]
A Case for a Baseball Hall of Fame Induction
Image via Wikipedia 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 are Eckersley, Fingers, Gossage, Sutter and Wilhelm. The next closest player is John Franco [...]
Friday Night Links
Baseball Bats Image via Wikipedia Continuing on our quest to assist our loyal readers with holiday shopping ideas we provide you with the previous link to baseball bats that you can choose from for the baseball player(s) in your life. There you will find both aluminum and wood bats, baseball as well as softball bats [...]
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