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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 first posted on this site.

Back on December 15, 2007, I interviewed Sooze from BabesLoveBaseball concerning the drama…

Reflections on the Mariners

So what’s been happening in Mariner land over Spring Training? Not a lot of good.

CF Ichiro Suzuki

With frontline pitchers John Lackey, Ervin Santana, Kelvim Escobar and Justin Durocher out for significant amounts of playing time for the Angels and Athletics, the Mariners had an increased opportunity to steal the AL West out from the baseball world’s nose (however slim it was). However, Ichiro landed himself on the 15 day DL for the…

Hello Goodbye: A Site Update

It’s been a while since I’ve introduced a few of our writers and in the past I have done so before they actually posted on the site. But, I guess I’m just a little rusty, it IS spring training after all. So, without further adieu, here are the latest to have agreed to write on the site:

Daniel Shoptaw comes to us from his site C70 At the Bat and you can find…

Baseball Reflections on the Cardinals

The 2008 offseason promised to be an exciting one for Cardinal fans. There was quite a bit of salary coming off the payroll, there were surpluses to trade from, and GM John Mozeliak promised to be “aggressive,” taking care of the “low-hanging fruit” first and moving on to other things.

That was before the worst financial crisis in years hit the country.

Nobody knew it at the time, but the largest financial…

Baseball Reflections on the Brewers

Any preview of the 2009 Milwaukee Brewers will invariably contain the names CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets early and often. The two combined for 24 wins in 2008 and the run CC went on after his trade from Cleveland has been well documented. With the “workhorse” Sabathia now in New York, and the oft-injured Sheets out of the picture, the Brewers face varying questions throughout their rotation.

THE 2009 STAFF

Yovani Gallardo, the most likely…

Baseball Reflections on the Rangers

The Texas Rangers finished the 2008 season with a 79-83 record, finishing second in the AL West behind the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. During the season, the Rangers finished first in all offensive categories, while finishing last in all but one category in pitching. It is no secret the Rangers need to focus on pitching. That has been a mantra for many years in Arlington. This season is no different, however,…

Another Writers Update

I wanted to send out an official site update announcing our newest writers.

From the site Baseball Evolution , we have Asher who participated in my post/interview on InterLeague Play and Keith . Asher will write monthly reflections on both the Rays and the Cubs. Keith will reflect upon the Diamondbacks. We are now just 1 team shy from full AL East coverage (O’s).

Kurt from Mack Ave Tigers will also be writing for us. That’s 2…

New Writers Have Been Gathered

Over the past few days, we have reached agreements with 3 new writers for 2 more MLB teams; the Toronto Blue Jays and The Chicago White Sox.

First up are Daniel “Hugo” Fruchter and Tom Dakers, aka “Rincewind” from BlueBird Banter. To become more familiar with their work, please check out an article from each of them. Here’s one from Hugo titled, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” and here’s one from…

Baseball Reflections: Team Expansion

Baseball Reflections is now announcing it’s plans on team expansion and what that means to you, our most loyal readers and what it means (we hope) for the site itself. For those of you who are baseball fans that have a favorite team(s) and are not just fans of the game itself, you will be happy to know that we are expanding our team coverage every month. You may have…

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 from other sports including basketball, football, hockey, golf, auto-racing, tennis and boxing.

The Sports Master comes in…

The Baseball Reflections Annual Team Analysis

This off season Bill and I will tackle the task of analyzing the needs of each team going into the 2009 season. Last year I did it all myself and I think I forgot 1 or 2 teams along the way. Plus, I went overboard with details and the task took me two days worth of my usual writing time in order to finish a lot of the teams like…

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Your purchase helps the site financially as a small portion of each sale goes directly towards funding the webhosting of this blog. The displaying of these products helps to get the word out about the site. Yes, you could actually help us to promote…

Extracurricular Activities

In the past month or so, I have been asked to write part time. I will be writing once a month for Seamheads.com and at least twice per month for RBImagazine.com.

So far I have posted an article at Seamheads on the maple bat controversy which you can find HERE.

Likewise, I have recently written an article on RBI Magazine which can be found HERE on the best VORP for a second baseman since…

Baseball Reflections Store Grand Opening

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Here is a sample of two of our shirts:

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