Rukkus Ticket Giveaway!
“This holiday season, Baseball Reflections is partnering up with Rukkus, a sports, ticket search engine that finds the cheapest tickets to MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL games to spread the Christmas/Hanukkah cheer your way. That means free tickets for you and a friend to any baseball game. Want to see the Yankees play the Sox? You […]
An Umpire’s Perspective on a Batter’s Approach at the Plate
When I was younger I had a great eye for pitches thrown for balls & strikes. I almost never got called out on strikes, but over the last few seasons (not last year, but the prior four and over 20 years later) in my over 30 baseball league I have been called out on pitches thrown […]
7 of the Greatest Sports Bars in America
Everyone has a favorite sports bar. It doesn’t matter if it’s a dirty, corner dive or a sleek, upscale place with wall-to-wall flat screens. Regardless, the place is filled with great memories with friends, family, drinks, food, glorious wins, and devastating losses. These spots will always hold a special place in your heart. […]
2014 ALCS Ticket Prices & How They Compare with Past Years
Wow, who would have thought that the 2014 ALCS would come down to the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals as both teams swept their opponents three games to none! It’s surprising that teams with Mike Trout, Albert Pujols & Josh Hamilton (Angels) and Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler & Victor Martinez (Tigers) could be […]
100 Innings of Baseball to Help Us Find a Cure for ALS
For those of you who have been coming here for the past few years will remember that I have played in this charity game benefiting ALS 3 of the past 4 years now (I missed last year) & it’s that time of year again! So, if anyone feels compelled to make a donation to help […]
Pitchers Intentionally Hitting Batters: Take it or leave it?
Baseball is still a game steeped in tradition and one of the less favorable traditions is when pitchers intentionally hit batters. I am usually not in favor of this, but at the professional level, I think a retaliatory hitting of a batter is almost a gentlemanly act … when done correctly. Yes, I said it! […]
A One Man Show: Norm Coleman as Ty Cobb
Please check out the following promo of a good friend of BaseballReflections.com, Norm Coleman who performs a one man show on one of the greatest players to ever put on a pro-baseball uniform … Hall of Famer Ty Cobb … To learn more about Mr. Coleman or his one man show, check out the following […]
How the Ranger and Tigers Trade is a Win-Win
Last week blockbuster trade was a surprise to most people I’ve spoken to, but it makes sense for both teams. The Detroit Tigers traded 1B Prince Fielder to the Texas Rangers in exchange for 2B Ian Kinsler and cash considerations. As reported by MLB Trade Rumors, Detroit will be sending $30MM to Texas, tweets Jeff Passan of […]
Don’t Do This, Don’t Do That: Restrictions of an MLB Offseason
With the last pitch of the 9th inning securing a World Series title for the Boston Red Sox, the Major League Baseball offseason is upon fans and players. It’s been a good year for baseball, even the bottom feeders, as Forbes reports that the last-place Houston Astros managed to clear not only a profit, but […]
What are the odds
The 2013 World Series has become a best-of-three series between the best team in each league (97 wins each). The St. Louis Cardinals with their young pitching staff and manager in his second year without any prior managing experience outside of maybe coaching little league (that joke taken from the Fox broadcast), who looks like […]
Akadema Clearance Sale: Catcher’s Mitt made in the USA
Akadema’s Patriot Glove Series Made in the USA In August of 2008 Akadema did what few American companies have done in recent years. They brought manufacturing home by creating the Patriot glove series, a line of baseball gloves assembled in the United States. Since the 1950’s the American baseball glove manufacturing industry has shrunk from […]
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 […]
My top 5 Fantasy Baseball sell high options
Criteria For this analysis we will be looking at the following metrics (although not every player will be judged against all of these): Batting Average (BA), Batting Average on Balls In Play (BABIP), StriKout percentage (K%), Base on Balls (walks) percentage (BB%), On Base Percentage (OBP), Slugging average of total bases (SLG), Weighted Runs Created […]
The Virtual World of Duke Snider III
Hey baseball fans! Today I have something a little different to share with you. As you know, I am a teenager and, as a teenager, I enjoy playing video games. There is this one video game on the PlayStation3 called: “MLB 13: The Show”, which is a realistic baseball game where you have the option […]
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WINS 3-0 OVER TEAM PUERTO RICO & GOES UNDEFEATED IN WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
By ISMAEL NUNEZ The number Three was most likely the lucky number for team Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic. 1-This was their third meeting against team Puerto Rico as in their previous two meetings team DR was victorious. 2-Winning the champion game shutting out Puerto Rico 3-0, and then they became the first Latin […]
Kid Blogger Interviews Brewers Owner Mark Attanasio
Hey baseball fans! I have yet another interview for you! This time, it is with Milwaukee Brewers owner, Mark Attanasio! He was a really interesting guy and a fun person to interview. We spoke for over an hour!! And the Brewers happen to be my favorite National League team!! Anyway, in case you didn’t know much […]
Red Sox Baseball in the Days of Ike and Elvis: The Red Sox of the 1950s
The Society for American Baseball Research (aka SABR) are happy to announce the release of our book “Red Sox Baseball in the Days of Ike and Elvis: The Red Sox of the 1950s” in ebook and paperback! The Red Sox of the 1950s did not win many games, yet they won over the hearts of […]
9th Annual Charity Game: 100 Innings of Baseball for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
This year marks the 9th Annual 100 Innings of Baseball Game for ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). The approximate 150 adult amateur players will step up to the plate on Saturday October 20th and will continue playing 100 consecutive innings of baseball. Players come from more than a dozen amateur baseball leagues across […]
Doris Sams, Women’s Baseball Pioneer, Dies at 85
Doris Sams, a pioneering women’s baseball star who inspired the film “A League of Their Own,” died Thursday, June 23rd in Knoxville from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was 85. Sams, known as Sammy to her teammates and friends, was one of the leading players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, founded in 1943 […]
Theo Epstein Admits Mistakes
In the wake of the recent 9 player blockbuster waiver wire trade between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers, we bring you proof that former Boston GM Theo Epstein made some mistakes at the end of his time in Boston… This deal between Boston & LA removes at two of those mistakes…take […]
Meet Bill Murray, the Charleston RiverDogs’ co-owner
Bill Murray is the Charleston RiverDogs’ co-owner and, most importantly, their Director of Fun
MLB: Do Something Extraordinary
The MLB Fan Cave came about from the recent phenomena of the Man Cave. As Wikipedia describes it, “A man cave, sometimes a mantuary or manspace, is a male sanctuary, such as a specially equipped garage, spare bedroom, media room, den, or basement. It is not a cave but rather a metaphor describing a room inside the house, such as the basement or garage or attic or office, or […]
No Glove Fielding Drill In Little League Baseball
Growing up playing baseball, I always loved the infield. I started out playing shortstop and then ultimately ended up playing second base. I loved fielding grounders. It was my favorite part about practice and come game time, it was always exciting to have a grounder come my way. Sometimes though, as I think everybody […]
Little League Baseball Scorekeeping
Have you ever been asked to do the scorekeeping for your kids’ team at a little league baseball game? Maybe it’s one game or maybe it’s the whole season. Either way, were you totally confused when you got the book and looked inside to see that it wasn’t necessarily what you were thinking? If this […]
Happy Memorial Day!
This being Memorial Day, I thought it would be best to introduce those of you who are not familiar with the site, Baseball in Wartime! I’ve always wanted to write my own write up on MLB players who served our country in times of war, but I have yet to complete this project…maybe someday! This […]
You Can Now Play Fantasy Baseball Daily on Baseball Reflections
For those fans of daily Fantasy Baseball, you can now play here on one of our pages on Baseball Reflections thanks to our new partnership with FanSaloon.com! Feel free to challenge me or any of our other writers. It’s free to join a 10 team game and the winner has a chance to join a monthly […]
A Special Insight into the difference between Baseball in Japan & the US
I recently had the honor of interviewing Takahiro Sato, a former college baseball player in Japan and has coached baseball and taught mental skills in U.S. as well as in Japan. He thought that Sport psychology was such an intriguing area where athletes can learn how to prepare for competition and how to handle pressure or stress, so he studied it & received […]
Baseball Infographic – “Swinging in the Blink of an Eye”
This infographic was created by Phoenix Bats.
Red Sox Pitching for 2012: An In-Depth Look
Introduction This article is a follow up to the one published here on Monday, December 12th. In this article I will delve in more detail into the Red Sox current Pitching situation. Here we will break things down by talking about the current list of injured pitchers and the effect that has on the team, […]
New Online Baseball Training: Now Performance for Guaranteed Improvement
Combining physical, mental, and baseball skills are necessary for elite performance on the diamond, but how is that attained, practiced, improved and honed? There are trainers you can visit and books you can read, but they can be costly and time consuming. Now there is an interactive educational website that combines the skills needed to […]
