An Update From Buddy Biancalana of PMPM Sports (Zone Training)

Greetings, It’s been another year of wonderful success for many of our clients. We have now worked with athletes in seven professional and 13 amateur sports. We’ve also worked with a few musicians.   Following are a few of the success stories from baseball.  I am not at liberty to use some client’s names.   Philip Humber–Pitcher-Chicago White […]

“Circle Change” by Gabriel Busch: A Book Review

  In “Circle Change”, author Gabriel Busch attempts to fuse a love story with a profound tale of reflection and redemption. Luckily for the reader, he succeeds by connecting on several levels. Set against the backdrop of major league baseball dreams and aspirations, the novel has something to offer for just about any reader. Make […]

Stadium Review: Prince George’s Stadium Home of the Bowie Baysox

If someone looked up AA Minor League Baseball stadium in the encyclopedia, they probably wouldn’t find anything, but if there was an entry, the accompanying picture would probably be one of Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie, Maryland. It’s the home to the AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Prince George’s Stadium has everything a stadium […]

Bill Lee Pitched for the 2010 Brockton Rox

Apparently, former Red Sox pitcher Bill “The Spaceman” Lee recurred his role this year as a member of the Brockton Rox (an independant League Baseball team in Brockton, MA), albeit for just one game. He is now listed as being inactive, but did win in his only appearance of the season (in the last game […]

A Conversation with Nicole L. Burdett, Stats Supervisor at MLBAM

Thanks to LinkedIn, which has been a great source finding contacts for previous interviews, writers, etc., we have the pleasure of interviewing Nicole L. Burdett, Stats Supervisor at MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM). I started out asking Nicole what she did for work before being employed by MLB and how she got the job. She said, […]

An Intro to a Baseball Book: “Beating About the Bushes”

Minor League Baseball in the ’60’s by Tim Sommer Tim Sommer highlights an almost-forgotten era in American baseball.  He gives the reader a candid look at a time when professional baseball players were motivated by the love of the sport and of the simplicity of professional baseball in the 60s and 70s.  He tells how […]

Baseball Reflections Weekly Mailbag

Here’s our weekly (we hope) mailbag. This is where YOU, the Baseball Reflections readers, get to ask questions of the Baseball Reflections staff (me and probably one or two others depending on the question) on any baseball related topic of your choosing. It can be on Fantasy Baseball, sabermetrics, specific team related or just baseball […]

A Recent Flurry of Free Agent Signings

Image via Wikipedia Chad Tracy to the Cubs to a minor league deal that can be worth up to $900K if he gets 450 plate appearances Ben Sheets to the A’s for 1-year at $10M plus incentive bonuses Jim Thome to the Twins for 1-year and $1.5M with up to $750K in incentives Jon Garland […]

The Priesthood Wins Out Over Baseball?!

This week a top OF prospect in the A’s farm system by the name of Grant Desme (23) has decided to leave baseball to pursue a higher calling. The 8th ranked player in the Oakland A’s system was looking like he could get the call to join the major league team during spring training, but […]

A Night With the Outerbanks Daredevils

Loyal Baseball Reflections readers may have noticed my absence from these pages in the past half year. I took a leave due to the fact that I got married in July and had to make sure to get fully adjusted to life as a husband, working full time and going to graduate school at night […]

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. […]

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 […]

Stadium Review: Coca-Cola Field of the Buffalo Bisons

The Buffalo Bisons’ stadium may not be new, but it does have a new name. After toting around the name of Dunn Tire Park for some time, this off season, those with the team accepted a deal from soda giant Coca-Cola to rename the ballpark Coca-Cola Field. The Bisons have also switched which team they […]

Stadium Review: Canal Park of the Akron Aeros

Canal Park can already be considered a rare ballpark these days simply because of its name. It is named Canal Park because it is right next to the canal in downtown Akron, Ohio, not because a company named Canal bought the rights to the park. Since 1997, Canal Park has been a staple of downtown […]

Indians Sign The MLB’s First European Player

Indians Sign European Catcher Cervenka to Minor League Deal The Indians announced on February 21 that they had come to terms with Martin Cervenka to a minor league deal. The deal was originally done on January 24 and the team was just waiting for the right time to make this news public. To most, this […]

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