All Entries in the "Product Reviews" Category

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 [...]

A WholesaleKeychains.com Giveaway c/o Baseball Reflections

Once again Baseball Reflections is teaming up with Wholesalekeychains.com to giveaway keychains. This time we will be giving away 3 keychains in the the following categories (one keychain from each category). This time around we will be doing a straight drawing.
Digital Photo Keychains and Keyrings
To see their selection of Digital Photo Keychains and Keyrings, go [...]

Friday Night Links

For the next month or so we will be highlighting some products, companies or sites in an attempt to supply you, the loyal Baseball Reflections readers, with some holiday gift ideas for the baseball player(s) in your life.
Meyvn Baseball Company
If you’re like me, you’ll want to know why co-founders Richie Benes and Merrell Ligons [...]

Product Review: Akadema’s ProSoft 1B Mitt: AJJ 254

When my contact at Akadema asked me if I would do another review if sent another glove I jumped at the chance! This time I asked for a first baseman’s glove as I have always been fascinated with them for reasons unknown to even myself. Maybe it’s because when I was growing up, my dad [...]

Introducing The Funnel AFL 11 from Akadema

There are a few scents that I know of that really wake me up. One is the smell of freshly cut grass (especially that of Fenway Park as smelled from behind the Green Monster), freshly cut wood, the smell of a new leather baseball glove and a certain perfume that my wife wears which [...]

Reminder: Keychain Raffle Has Only 8 Days Left!

Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com.
We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle.
There will be at least [...]

Baseball Reflection’s MLB Keychain Raffle

Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com.
We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle.
There will be at least [...]

Wholesale Keychains Product Review & 10% off Coupon

When I was first approached by Jeff at Wholesale Keychains and he told me he wanted to send Baseball Reflections some sample keychains to review, I have to admit that my first thought was, “Wow! I really need a new Red Sox Keychain”. But then Jeff later told me that we could also give some [...]

Akadema® Unveils The Patriot Series

Happy Independence Day!
Seeing that Baseball is our national past time, I am thrilled to endorse Akadema® Professional: A leading baseball and softball equipment based out of Hawthorne, NJ! They make the gloves that players such as the Phillies CF Shane Victorino, the Dodgers LF Manny Ramirez, and Team USA Softball P Monica Abbott [...]

Amazon VOD “SPACEMAN: A BASEBALL ODYSSEY”

Image by Paul Keleher via Flickr

I recently was asked to help promote a documentary that was just released on Amazon VOD. It’s called SPACEMAN: A BASEBALL ODYSSEY.

Here’s the synopsis: “Throughout the 1970’s, Bill Lee was the ultimate gonzo baseball player, a brilliant left-handed pitcher who flouted every manager orfront office executive [...]

Product Review: MLB Insiders Club Fleece Blanket

During cold weather games, many fans bring a blanket with them to the stadium to stay warm. The MLB Insiders Club has recently come out with their own blankets, presumably to be used in this manner, to be passed out to their members.
The fleece blankets have a common design, but one can acquire it with [...]

The Bob Feller Story: A DVD Review

Bob Feller seems to be an almost forgotten baseball name outside of the city of Cleveland, but throughout the DVD, the viewers are reminded that he was without a doubt the greatest pitcher of his time and his accomplishments were such that he should be mentioned in the same sentences as Ted Williams and Joe [...]

Baseball Reflections Product Review: ABC Sports-Sports Master

This product claims that sports fans can “resolve nearly any sports argument with the push of a button.” While this may not be completely true, the Sports Master does provide a unique way to test one’s knowledge of sports while on the move.
While the baseball trivia is no doubt in depth, it also features trivia [...]