On the Road
Baseball Reflections will be on the road late this week and away from a computer connection all of Friday, May 30th. I will try to write a commentary of the Red Sox/Orioles game I will be attending at Oriole Park at Camden Yards over the weekend. Next week will bring us a new article […]
This Past Week’s Hottest Hitters
Week 8: New Faces This week’s list not only gives us some new faces, but is also giving us some down to earth numbers as well. On top of this list is last year’s runner-up to the AL MVP title, Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez with a line of 7/3/9/0/.478/.500 (R/HR/RBI/SB/BA/OBP) which just edges out the Phillies […]
MLB Trivia Answer
Paul and Lloyd Waner, both played 14 years as outfielders for the Pirates. They were also known, respectively, as Big Poinson and Little Poison.
MLB Trivia
What was the original name of Wrigley Field? The answer will be revealed this time next week.
The Yankees Recent Decline
Some Thoughts on the Yankees Decline Over the Last 8 Years Most fans wouldn’t be too mad if their team had not won a championship in just eight years. If someone told Cubs or Indians fans that they would have to wait just eight more years to win the World Series, they would take it […]
Baseball Links Exchange
Team Focus: The Florida Marlins They are in First Place in the NL East right now so I thought this was the perfect time to do a shout out to them. Congratulations guys! It will be fun to see if this young team can hold it together like the D’Backs did last year. The […]
Hottest Hitters per Position
Peter’s Fantasy Baseball Corner All of these stats are as of May 15, 2008 (almost a week ago), which was a month and a half into the season. Here’s a look at the hot fantasy hitters by position using a typical 5×5 fantasy scoring, but with the addition of OBP. The big surprises thus far […]
Lester’s No-Hitter
About 22 months ago, Jon Lester, talented young starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. 10 months later, Lester was the winning pitcher for Boston’s clinching game 4 victory in last year’s World Series against the Rockies. Now, 18 months after defeating cancer and completing his cancer treatment (chemo […]
Week Seven’s Hottest Hitters
For those of you who thought that Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox had a good week last week, check out the Chicago Cub’s OF Alfonzo Soriano’s figures this week! He has had the best week of any player all year long. If you think otherwise, let me know! Soriano hit 7 HRs with a […]
MLB Trivia
Who are the only brothers enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame? The answer will be given next week! Step up to the plate and take a guess at the answer.
Pitching Wins in the MLB
In my opinion, pitching is probably the most important aspect of the game of baseball. This fact is highlighted by the dominance of Josh Beckett in the playoff both as a Marlin and as a member of the Red Sox. The same holds true for Curt Schilling, too. When the Angels won the World Series, […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks: How They Were Built
In an attempt to lower the average age of the writers of this site, I would like to introduce to you, the readers of Baseball Reflections, the newest addition to our site’s team, Bill Jordan. He is also a staff member of the Business of Sports Network where he is the Editor of Content for […]
Bloggers Unite
The MLB tends to concentrate on local communities. They work with the National Urban League, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), to name a few. Not sure if this falls under “Human Rights” technically, but I think it’s a human right to eat, learn and wear clothes and […]
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s Baseball Links Exchange will focus on the work of Maury Brown, fellow blogger and reader of Baseball Reflections, or at least he use to. I got a comment from him once before. J Maury hosts The Business of Sports Network which is home to the following sites The Biz of Baseball The Biz […]
Week 6’s Hottest Hitters!
Three mighty men sit atop this week’s hottest hitter of the week, but Boston’s 1B Kevin Youkilis edged out the other two with his 6HRs to go along with the rest of his week’s line of 10/14/1/.417/.421 (R/RBI/SB/BA/OBP). The other two players were the Marlins 2B Dan Uggla who also hit .417 and smacked 5 […]
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s installation of Baseball Links Exchange highlights the writings of dchase from the blog: Brock For Broglio. His site is a great source for Fantasy Baseball enthusiasts. He not only shares his opinion on the game of Fantasy Baseball, but he also shares his resources with his readers, telling you, the reader, where to […]
Who’s Hot & Who’s Not: in the Standings
As of today, 5 teams have topped 20 wins. Some of them you would expect: Red Sox, Angels and maybe even the Diamondbacks. But who would have envisioned the rebuilding A’s or the Cardinals with their injury-riddled rotation? Predictions: The Sox, Angels and Diamondbacks have the best shot out of these five to stay atop […]
Who’s the Hottest Hitter in Week 5
Oakland A’s: Jack Cust Jack had 3 HRs this week, but only 4 RBIs while he hit .500 with an OBP of .600 and he scored 6 runs (3 of which came on his 3 HRs). A close second to Cust was Pirate’s RF Xavier Nady who went homerless this week but also scored […]
Hottest Pitcher in April
My vote goes to the Arizona Diamondback’s Micah Owings. He’s probably one of my favorite pitchers of the past two years, but I don’t get to see him play much being from the east coast. To go along with his much improved performance on the mound so far this year (4-0 with a 3.48 ERA […]
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s link exchange will be on blogger billfer (Bill Ferris) of Detroit Tigers Weblog which Bill started back in 2001. His was the first Detroit Tigers blog and he’s proud of it! And, he should be, it’s a darn good blog. You can also find Bill writing at his other site Baseblogging, which is […]
Baseball HoF Trivia Answer
Here’s the answer to our trivia question from last week (Click Here to review). Long time Cardinals closer Bruce Sutter (hat tip to Sox Addict), back in 2006, became the first relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame without ever starting a game in his entire career. Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley […]
MLB’s Who’s Hot: Week # 4
Swinging for the Stars! This week’s hot hitter was by far, Houston 1B Lance Berkman. As you can see below, he hit for a BA over .400, OBP over .500 while hitting 4 HRs, 12 RBIs & even a SB! Rounding out the top 5 hot hitters for week 4 would be the Ranger’s 5-tool […]
Roger, Say it Ain’t So!
First, the Mitchell Report and now THIS! The New York Daily News has reported that Roger Clemens (currently retired?) carried on a decade-long (1990-2000) romantic affair with country star Mindy McCready, who’s star has fallen from the country music scene in recent years. They first met when McCready was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and Clemens […]
Baseball HoF Trivia
We haven’t done this in a while but this one stumped me so I thought I’d share it. Who was the first relief pitcher to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame despite having no career starts? The answer will be given sometime next week.
Baseball Links Exchange
David Pinto & Baseball Musings This is the second in the series of link exchanges and it should have been the first (no offense Geoff). After reading David’s article on Baseball Prospectus entitled, “Evolving the Save Rule” which was written back on August 8, 2007 in his weekly spot called, “The Big Picture”. Now […]
MLB’s Who’s Hot: Week # 3
D’Backs 1B Conor Jackson This week was a tough selection, but with 10runs scored, 3 HRs, 10 RBIs to go along with a BA of .480 and an OBP of .519, Conor just edged out the Tiger’s Miguel Cabrera, the Phillies’ 2B Chase Utley and Boston’s Manny Ramirez. Cabrera had more RBIs (11), Utley […]
Future HoF’er Frank Thomas Released!
Toronto Releases $8M Man If you haven’t already heard, the Toronto Blue Jays have released Future Hall of Fame 1B/DH Frank Thomas (long time White Sox, short time A’s & Blue Jays). Blue Jays’ GM J.P. Ricciardi was quoted as saying, “I don’t know that we have the luxury of waiting two to three months […]
Lack of Velocity Trend or Coincidence?
Is it just me or does anyone else notice a fair number of major league pitchers (Borkowski, Verlander, Mussina, etc.) are experiencing a drop in their 2008 velocity? Could this mean that more pitchers than we had thought, were on the juice or is this just a coincidence? Please report in the comments, for research’s […]
Baseball in Korea
My sister-in-law, Kayla, has been working in South Korea, just south of Seoul, teaching English to elementary age students since October and recently went to her first professional baseball game over there. Here’s a report from Kayla in Korea on Baseball in Korea. Take it away, Kayla! The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) is made up […]
The Lost Art of the HOLD
It’s time to give the set-up men their own statistic again. Let’s reinstate the Major League Hold. After all, ESPN still lists it in their box scores. Seriously though, something needs to be done, statistically speaking, to differentiate a set-up man from a specialist (in just to face one batter). In some cases, a Hold […]
