Red Sox Sign Their New Left Fielder

Image via Wikipedia Every blogger’s and journalist’s favorite Hot Stove Baseball site, MLB Trade Rumors has reported (by Zach Link) that the Red Sox have signed 36 year old OF Mike Cameron. It is a reported two year deal worth around $15M. Cameron will play LF and give the Red Sox one of the best […]

Boston Rumored To Be Close To Signing Lackey

Image by Getty Images via Daylife It has been reported by Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors, via Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports and AOL FanHouse’s Ed Price that top free agent pitcher, starter John Lackey is in Boston for a physical. Players usually only take physicals in the area of a local team after […]

The Top 10 Fantasy 1B of 2009

These weekly posts of mine will be based on a rotisserie format using a traditional 5×5 scoring system to keep things simple. Personally I prefer more statistics in my leagues (which is why I was the commissioner in one of my leagues), but in order to reach the most readers we will just stick with […]

Big News From Day 4 of the Baseball Winter Meetings

Image by Keith Allison via Flickr The Trades… It looks as if Boston and Texas have traded 3B Mike Lowell for top prospect C Max Ramirez with Boston eating a lot of Lowell’s contract. Due to the amount of cash considered and the financial state of the Rangers and owner Tom Hicks, MLB commissioner Bud […]

Pedroia Might Play SS in 2010

Image via Wikipedia The Sox second half SS, Alex Gonzalez recently signed with the rival Toronto Blue Jays. Also, the organization is uncertain about the ability of Jed Lowrie to play everyday in 2010 after his injury woes. That leaves the Red Sox brass with a choice to make! Do they sign a free agent […]

The Secret of Mariano Rivera’s Success

Image via Wikipedia He’s A Christian! But he wasn’t always a Christian, people never are…not from birth anyway. Furhtermore, there is a moment in every Christian’s life where they have made a choice to follow the path God has planned for them. For some, it’s as clear as day, but for others, it’s a gradual […]

Yankees Manager Girardi Risks Life After 27th Championship

Image by Keith Allison via Flickr So, when interviewers asked Yankees manager Joe Girardi where he was going after managing the NY Yankees to their 27th World Series Championship, did he say he would be going to Disneyland? Maybe he did, I don’t know because being a Red Sox fan I didn’t keep the TV […]

Congratulations to the 2009 World Series Champion NY Yankees

Although my prediction was the Phillies in 6 or 7 games, it was still a good series to watch and I’m so glad that it wasn’t another sweep!Here are some Yankees links to help you Yankee fans to celebrate your impressive 27th title!From the Subway Squawkers: Yankees win No. 27 – time to stand up […]

Hot Stove Baseball Free Agent Tracker: 1B

There aren’t many top first basemen available this year. Last year’s free agent class was led by Mark Teixeira, who was the top free agent according to the Elias rankings that determine pick compensation allocation for teams which sign multiple Type A free agents. Teixeira’s new team, the Yankees, signed three: Teixeira, CC Sabathia and […]

Get Over It!

Image via Wikipedia For those of us that are not Yankees or Phillies fans, perhaps we should simply put our disappointments and jealousies aside and enjoy what should truly be a Fall Classic. Believe me, as a lifetime Mets fan, I am as unhappy as anyone that I have to sit through another World Series […]

2009 AL Manager of the Year BBA Vote

In our first anniversary vote, the members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) have asked it’s members to vote for the major awards (Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young Award and MVP). To find out more about the Alliance please read our About the BBA page. Please help us to promote […]

Many Yankee moments to remember in September

The last month of the New York Yankees‘ season could have been anticlimactic – they essentially clinched the AL East when they swept the Boston Red Sox in four games in August. But the Bombers still ended up turning it on throughout the stretch, even when they rested players to tune up for October. Here […]

AL and NL Divisional Series Predictions

As an aside, I had the privilege of reading a recent post by our Yankees writer Lisa Swan over at The Faster Times concerning Hot teams going into the playoffs and this is what she had to say after looking at the September/October records of the 72 playoff teams from 2000-2008… Of the ten teams […]

10 Reasons the Angels will be in the ALCS

The Angels are headed to the ALCS, after they finally defeat their traditional post season nemesis, the Boston Red Sox.  Bet the house on it. Granted, it’s hard to come up with a solid baseball-based argument to support that bold statement.  The Red Sox have owned the Angels in the post season since Dave Henderson […]

A Collection of Baseball Reflections Book Reviews

A Glove of Their Own by Debbie Moldovan, Keri Conkling and Lisa Funari-Willever A great children’s book written in poetic rhyme with wonderful illustrations. A must read for people with children in their life. Fair Ball by Bob Costas A look into the world of baseball through the eyes of world renown broadcaster and sports […]

The Diamondbacks Should Exercise Their Option on Webb Now!

The Arizona Diamondbacks must decide on whether to exercise their $8.5 million option on Brandon Webb within 10 days of the conclusion of the World Series.  Webb is scheduled to throw in October after missing all but the opening day start of 2009.  Regardless of how those throwing sessions go, the D-backs should invoke their […]

Is Ballpark Concessionaire Aramark bad for Baseball teams?

Superstitious Fans Wonder: Is Ballpark Concessionaire Aramark bad for Baseball teams? Image by saturdave via Flickr This article was sent to me for publication here at Baseball Reflections.com by Eric Sharfstein, Assistant Director of Communications, Media for Workers United – An SEIU Affiliate. Baseball teams in stadiums that use concessionaire Aramark fall short of expected […]

The Red Sox’s Top Options at SS

I was going to provide a run down of the future at shortstop (SS) for the Boston Red Sox, but after my research was done, I found out that none of the top 6 players at this position were hitting over .249 as of Thursday, August 28th. Although Yamaico Navarro did hit for a .319 […]

Introducing The Funnel AFL 11 from Akadema

There are a few scents that I know of that really wake me up. One is the smell of freshly cut grass (especially that of Fenway Park as smelled from behind the Green Monster), freshly cut wood, the smell of a new leather baseball glove and a certain perfume that my wife wears which I […]

WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

Image by wallyg via Flickr 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 […]

Jacoby Ellsbury Sets A New Red Sox SB Record

On Tuesday, August 25th, “the human spark plug”, Jacoby Ellsbury made Red Sox history by stealing third base for his 55th stolen base of the season. The previous mark was set by former first base coach Tommy Harper who had secured the record over the past 35 years, but he knew Ellsbury was going to […]

WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

Image by GregPC via Flickr 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 […]

The Cardinals Are Picking Up Steam

On the morning of August 1, the St. Louis Cardinals awoke to find themselves clinging to a half-game lead in the NL Central.  While there had been a boost of energy and enthusiasm following the deal for Matt Holliday and, to a lesser extent, Julio Lugo, the Cards still had their hands full with the […]

Four Burning Questions Facing The Baltimore Orioles

As the Baltimore Orioles complete another disappointing season and prepare for 2010, there are 4 key questions that team president Andy MacPhail must answer. Can The O’s Contend in 2010? Before any other decisions about the team’s future can be addressed, MacPhail and the Baltimore front office must assess the team and realistically determine if […]

Reminder: Keychain Raffle Has Only 8 Days Left!

Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com. We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle. There will be […]

Reminder: MLB Keychain Raffle

Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com. We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle. There will be […]

The LaRoche Rule

Image by SD Dirk via Flickr Recently, Adam LaRoche was traded back to the National League after spending less than 2 weeks in the American League. As you would know, this does not happen often, and, inadvertently set up a fun scenario in the two fantasy leagues I play in – one auction, one draft. […]

As the Cubs Roll Into August…

July turns to August and finds the Chicago Cubs still in the NL Central hunt. Nevertheless, they didn’t look like a contending team as the trading deadline neared, making a nominal move for minimal help which may actually hurt the team this season. Image by Getty Images via Daylife In a month in which Roy […]

A Starry July in St. Louis

A lot of All-Stars came to St. Louis this month for a visit.  Then the Cards made sure some came to stay. The early part of the month was dominated, in Cardinal talk, by the MLB All-Star Game, which was held in Busch Stadium on July 14.  All the hype, all the hoopla, all the […]

A Look at the Red Sox Minor League Catchers 2009

With Jason Varitek not getting any younger, George Kottaras not looking like a # 1 starting catcher and not having much confidence in newly acquired Victor Martinez as a longtime solution ( I see him at 1B once Lowell’s contract is up), I decided to look into the Red Sox minor league system for a […]

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