Generals of the Diamond, Baseball QB’s, baseball’s Iron Men: the Catcher
Is Catching the most important position? Let’s take a look… In my opinion, you have 4 types of catchers: The defensive minded catcher: He can’t hit his way out of a paper bag so why is he north of Single A? He can field the position better than most! Some examples of this sort of […]
Ruth, Aaron, Or Bonds – Who Really Is The Greatest
After reading this article, I just had to include it. By the way, sorry for the lapse in writing, the holidays (and my wife’s birthday on the 1st.) can make it tough to find the time to write. More of my work to follow so stay tuned… Ruth, Aaron, Or Bonds – Who Really Is […]
Happy New Year 2008!!!
What’s Your Favorite Baseball Movie?
I hope you had a Merry Christmas!! Here’s a listing of our family’s favorite Baseball movies and the reason why we like them. These reviews are going to be conducted by my family and in-laws this week of Christmas. Here are the results: Grandpop (my father-in-law): “The Natural” – A quintessential drama where a down […]
Merry Christmas
Sorry, but no posts today. I’ll be too busy with family today. May all of you have a blessed Christmas day with your loved ones.
Who’s the Best Closer in Major League Baseball?
Reader Interaction Time Here’s the part in the blog where you get out of it, what you put into it. 🙂 Please reply to this post with your (the readers) choice for the best closer in Major League Baseball and don’t forget to tell us why you choose who you did. I will post these […]
MLB, the Mitchell Report and the IOC
Pete’s Perspective After close to two years we now have the results of the Mitchell Report on PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs) in major league baseball. One question now has emerged on the lips of many. What do we do about it?! Roger Maris didn’t cheat when he hit 61 HRs, but did get an asterisk […]
Roger Clemens and The Mitchell Report
Last week, Baseball Musings wrote about the timeline found in the Mitchell Report (See pages 167-176) on 300 game winner, Roger Clemens entitled, “Clemens 1998”. This does not help Roger’s denial case that he’s trying to build up. Now I’m not saying that he’s lying, but I do remember when he left Boston as a […]
Pete’s MLB Fantasy Picks: Catcher
Pete’s Picks The top catcher going into 2008 is a split between Cleveland‘s Victor Martinez, who also qualifies at 1B, and the Dodger‘s Russell Martin. Going strictly by the numbers, Martinez has a 3 point lead over Martin. Some other qualities to look at here is that Martinez, as was mentioned already, also qualifies at 1B. […]
Interview With a Twins Fan
The Johan Santana situation, the Twins, and Blogging with Sooze from BabesLoveBaseball I recently contacted Sooze from BabesLoveBaseball for a Twins fan’s perspective on the latest rumors coming out of Minnesota and about how she began blogging. BabesLoveBaseball has become one of the best baseball blogs around, it has a strong following and is unquestionably […]
Tampa Bay Devil Rays! New Look, New Name, Making Some Deals And Possibly A New Field!
This is an article I found & I thought it was worth publishing on the site. This is one Tampa Bay Rays fan’s perspective, but I think Joe Gonzales, the author of the article below, has reason to be excited. Good for them! The Red Sox and Yankees could use the extra competition to stay sharp […]
2007 Team Analysis: Florida Marlins
Pete’s Perspective     The font page of their team website should read: Under Construction! What in the world are they doing?! While they’re at it, they might as well trade Hanley Ramirez, Kevin Gregg and Dan Uggla as well! All three would get a lot of interest, especially Ramirez. I bet they could get a lot […]
2007 MLB Team Analysis: Washington Nationals
Pete’s Perspective      There’s not much here to write home about! This is still the old Montreal Expos, just in new duds & a new city. Albeit, a big time US city that happens to be our nation’s capital. What better place to host a team from our “National Past Time”? They deserve better than this, […]
The Use of Pitch Counts in Major League Baseball
Pete’s Perspective By Peter Schiller     In early October when I started this blog, Nathan, a reader asked what my opinion was on the use of pitch counts in major league baseball. Sorry for the delay Nathan!This topic, like the use of modern day Bullpens, are both subjects that I definately have an opinion on. Both […]
If I were Johan Santana
If I was Johan Santana and just wanted a World Series ring, I’d be in Twins GM Bill Smith’s ear about working out a trade to an American League (AL) team like the Red Sox, Yankees, Indians or Angels. If I was Johan Santana and just wanted to be as successful as possible, I’d be […]
Baseball Trivia
Johnny Bench replaced Reds catcher Johnny Edwards, who had been the Reds‘ primary catcher from 1962-1967. But Bench was replaced by Joe Nolan as the Reds backstop in 1981, moving the great Johnny Bench to 3B. But young Alex Trevino was the heir apparent, taking over in 1982, but like Johnny told us last week, […]
2007 Baseball Winter Meetings
Pete’s Perspective By Peter Schiller Pete’s Winter Meeting Predictions Johan Santana will no longer be a member of the Twins Coco Crisp will either be tagged as the starting centerfielder for the Red Sox in 2008 or he will be on another team Someone will show interest in closers Keith Foulke and Eric Gagne (possibly […]
Major League Baseball Team Analysis: Atlanta Braves, Part 2
By Peter Schiller The Starting Rotation The 2007 Braves rotation was not even close to what the fans in Atlanta have come to expect. Is this the affect of no longer having longtime pitching coach Leo Mazzone or do they just not have the talent that they once had and managed to always maintain? My […]
Major League Baseball Team Analysis: Atlanta Braves, Part 1
Pete’s Perspective By Peter Schiller The Usual Suspects The players who supported the Braves offense in past years, did so again in 2007…with a little help from their youth movement. Chipper Jones was his typical offensive self despite trips on the DL due to arm and wrist woes. See his numbers below. The only question […]
MLB Trivia: Cincinnati Reds
Who was the player that forced the Cincinnati Reds to move Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench (# 5) to 3B? *check back later this week for the answer to this question!*
A Baseball Team Analysis: New York Mets Part 2
A Position by Position Breakdown of the 2007 Season By Peter Schiller Starting Pitchers: Second year pitcher John Maine might not have been the Met’s first choice as the Ace of their staff, but despite his decline in the second half of 2007, his numbers dictate that he was at least in the running. Maine’s […]
A Baseball Team Analysis: New York Mets
A Position by Position Breakdown of the 2007 Season By Peter Schiller C Paul Lo Duca, who is now a free agent, caught 119 games for the 2007 Mets and was ranked 14th among all major league catchers offensively. He is an average hitter, above average for a catcher & 2007 was no different. He […]
2007 Hot Stove Baseball News Update
*In no particular order… AL Rookie of the Year 2B Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox NL Rookie of the Year 3B Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia Cleveland Indians NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy San Diego Padres AL Manager of the Year Eric Wedge Cleveland Indians […]
Modern Day Use of the Bullpen in Baseball
Pete’s Perspective By Peter Schiller Fair Warning: This is one of my major league pet peeves! The use of the modern day bullpen is a sore point with me. In my opinion, this practice is holding baseball back from gaining more widespread popularity. In order to gain more attention, all unnecessary down time needs to […]
What to expect this off season from Baseball Reflections …
In no particular order… I will be analyzing all 30 teams  Position by position analysis What hole do they need to address before the 2008 season Weekly Fantasy Analysis  By position players 2-9 Then by Starters Then by Relievers Then by Closers Weekly Answers to a selected reader’s question (if any) Weekly post of Pete’s […]
2007 World Series Winners!
Congratulations Boston Red Sox! Boston beats the Rockies in a 4 game sweep. World Series MVP:Â Mike Lowell
Matsuzaka Hits
With the bases loaded in the 3rd and two outs, Matsuzaka got his first major league hit (now 1 – 5), scoring 2 runs. Josh Fogg leaves the game after 2.2 innings. Franklin Morales got the last out in the third. Red Sox lead 6 – 0
Base Running Was the Key!
By Peter Schiller Baseball’s mantra: pitching and defense win ball games. But, when pitching and defense are an even match-up, base running will determine the final score. It certainly did in Game 2, which was a completely different game when compared with Game 1’s blow out. Colorado’s first batter of the game, Taveras, would score […]
Who’s Hot, Who’s Not & Who’s Likely to Get Hot!
Who’s Hot: Rox: NLCS MVP Matt Holliday C Yorvit Torrealba 2B Kaz Matsui RF Brad Hawpe SP Jeff Francis 2 wins in 2 GS SP Josh Fogg 2 wins in 2 GS Closer Manny Corpas with 5 post season saves out of 7 games won! Pitching staff with an ERA of 2.08! Sox: ALCS MVP […]
2007 World Series match-ups by position
Colorado Rockies v. Boston Red Sox Catcher: Yorvit Torrealba v. Jason Varitek Edge: Sox Varitek is Boston’s invaluable captain. First: Todd Helton v. Kevin Youkilis Edge: Sox Youk has been hot in the playoffs; Helton has not Second: Kazou Matsui v. Dustin Pedroia Edge: Rox Slight edge for SB & more power & production Third: […]
