MLB Rivalries: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs

Baseball has seen so much action over the years, and alongside hockey, football, and basketball, it is one of the most loved sports in the United States. Just like people bet their hard earned money on the Super Bowl, they spend their hard earned money betting on the World Series odds. But, what makes the […]
MLB’s Top 5 Oldest Venues

We play it as children, we watch and listen to it as grownups, and we pass on our enthusiasm for baseball to future generations. Of course, baseball is a family tradition in the United States. This game is inextricably linked to us on a personal level, but you might not understand just how much is […]
Chicago Cubs Rebuild: A Long Way to Go

Here we are, smack-dab in the middle of June and with the MLB season already two months old, for many teams it’s time to hit the panic button already. I can think of a handful of teams who are on the cusp of this season slipping away and none are more prominent in my mind […]
Matt Swarmer: From the Rec Leagues to Wrigley Field

As baseball fans, we love cheering for the underdogs, whether it’s the teams or the players who realize their unlikely dreams to make it someday to the Show. On this past Memorial Day, the Chicago Cubs brought up Matt Swarmer to realize another one of those unlikely Cinderella baseball story lines. If you told anyone […]
Cubs win historic football game at Wrigley

Well, no, the Cubs didn’t actually win a football game this past Saturday at home versus the Pittsburgh Pirates but when you see a baseball box score of 21-0, it looks like the Bears won a game and not the Northsiders. As the sun came out on a beautiful Saturday spring day and warmed up […]
The Boys of Summer
Some may call me old, others, a purist. Regardless of what you call me, I’m not ashamed to say that I miss the good ole days of baseball! I come from an era where players weren’t doping. They weren’t playing for endorsements and they weren’t playing to be traded next year. Well, maybe some of […]
How to Crush your Fantasy Baseball League

By Jared Harris Now that the NBA and NHL seasons are behind us and the NFL is still months away, fantasy baseball is the only thing to get us through the dog days of summer. Fantasy sports leagues are all about bragging rights and I’m here to help you dominate your fantasy baseball league […]
Author Bill Palmer’s Reflections on the Game of Baseball
This is my first article for Baseball Reflections and I’m very happy to be here. What a great name for the site. It got me thinking about my personal baseball reflections. I’ve always thought memories are a lot like reflections, especially when it comes to baseball memories. Sometimes, but not often enough, the memory is […]
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Baseball season has arrived and it’s time for fantasy baseball. But not the average, full-season, six-month type that seems to never end. I’m talking about a one-night showdown on Friday, May 13th. Yes, Friday the 13th! We have teamed up with DraftStreet.com to offer an exclusive free contest to BaseballReflections.com readers. The freeroll will […]
Home Cookin’: Surprising Pitching Splits
Split stats. They can often be the saviour of your fantasy baseball team. When it comes to line up changes, it is beneficial to know which players have more success in one situation versus another. It can often help pad your stats and better yet, avoid negative hits to your ERA or WHIP. Making […]
Baseball News, Tweets & More: Tuesday pm
Image by mikeleeorg via Flickr Tuesday Afternoon Edition Check out this interview with possible # 1 draft pick Bryce Harper on MLB.com: http://ow.ly/1pVX9 @Jerry_Remy: Today in Sports Cover Story: #redsox Youkilis finding inspiration in strange places http://r8t.us/d1cOsU & With all the talk regarding #RedSox offense there’s pressure on Papi to perform right out of gate-I […]
Great Moments in All-Star Game History: Part 3 (1990-2008)
Over the last two decades, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game has transformed from being simply a game to being a multi-day extravaganza where the game itself is simply one component. For that reason, the game has at times seemed to be anti-climatic, but has still produced some great memories. After the National League dominated […]
The Cardinals: Two Weeks in April
While it’s not been the Dickensonian “best of times, worst of times” for the St. Louis Cardinals so far this season, 2009 has already had plenty of high points and low points in the first two weeks. The Cardinals sit in a virtual tie for first with the hated Chicago Cubs in the NL Central, […]
What to Expect From The Cubs in 2009
To say that this is probably the beginning of the end for Derrek Lee would miss the point – we have likely reached the end of the beginning of the end. The beginning of the end came in 2006, when he broke his wrist in a collision with Rafael Furcal. Lee has had two good […]
Reflections on the Cub’s Off Season
The Chicago Cubs and their fans can congratulate themselves on a page-turning 2008 season. In what was the centennial year of World Series drought for the lovable losers, the Cubs managed to convince their fans that this was “The Year” before being summarily dismissed from the post-season by the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the process, […]