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.
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 Links Exchange
I have decided that if my readers are to read any other blogs IN ADDITION to Baseball Reflections then I should at least point you in the direction of some of my favorites on a weekly basis. So without further ado, here we go! One of my favorite bloggers is Geoff Young over at Ducksnorts […]
Hot Hitters: MLB Week 2
Here’s a listing of the MLB’s hottest hitters for the second week of the season. They may not have hit the highest number of HRs, but they hit 2 or more while hitting for a BA over .400 and an OBP of over .500 [TABLE=24] 2 players did hit 4 HRs and 9 others hit […]
Who’s Got the Hot Hand So Far?
I thought I’d give the starting pitchers a little more than a week before I decided to see who’s gotten off to the best start. By looking at Wins (W), K’s, Innings Pitched (IP), ERA & WHIP; my choice for hottest pitcher thus far would have to go to Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka with 2 wins […]
MLB Shock & Awe
The St. Louis Cardinals, with their patchwork rotation is 7-2 The Baltimore Orioles are 6-1 The Kansas City Royals are 6-2 The Florida Marlins after their fire sale are 5-3 All of these teams are leading their divisions, but maybe more surprising than these four teams would be the Detroit Tigers being only 1-7! But […]
HR Milestones
[poll=8] Pete’s Pick: My choice would be Ramirez because if he gets hot, he’s capable of hitting 10+ in a given month (although he needs 3 more than Griffey).
Opening Day at Fenway Park, 2008
Time: 1:10pm Today’s events: · Red Sox World Series Ring Ceremony · Top Secret: Who will throw out the first pitch is being kept a secret, but after 2 World Series wins in the last 4 years, my prediction is exiled former 1986 1B Bill Buckner · Pitchers: Dice-K (1-0) –vs.- Kenny Rogers (0-1) · […]
Of Baseball and Church
Last night I read an article in World Magazine called, “Grinch in the press box: Baseball: Peanuts, popcorn, and proselytizing” by Marvin Olasky. The article is about New York Times sportswriter Murray Chass and his crusade “against voluntary Baseball Chapel services in major league locker rooms on Sunday mornings.” To read more, click on the […]
And the Mets were Worried about Pedro’s Arm!
The NY Mets are sure glad they got Johan Santana today as Pedro Martinez told manager Willie Randolph that he might have heard a “pop” in his hammy on that last pitch he threw. Barring a miracle, it looks as if Mr. Martinez might be going back on the DL. The question is, will it […]
Nationals Park Opens with a Bang!
Nationals Park is the new home of the Washington Nationals of the NL East. Although the Braves tied the game at 2 in the top of the 9th on a Paul Lo Duca (C) passed ball, young Nationals 3B Ryan Zimmerman launched a walk off HR to center with 2 outs in the bottom of […]
Boston & Oakland Tied for the Best Record in Baseball!
The A’s (1-1) beat Boston (1-1) today in the Tokyo Dome in Japan by a score of 5-1 behind a great outing by oft-injured SP Rich Harden. This is the reason why the A’s were able to trade away Dan Haren. They are counting on Harden staying healthy, because if he can, he’s got # […]
Red Sox are in First Place in the AL East
With most teams still close to a week away, the Red Sox won game one of their regular season this morning in the US, while it was evening in Japan, against the A’s. It was not pretty, they were down 2-0; then went up 3-2 only to find themselves down 4-3 in less than an […]
