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Friday Night Links
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As per our recent trend on Friday nights leading up to the holidays this year we bring you some gift ideas for the baseball fan(s) in your life…
This week we bring you some baseball apparel gift ideas…
Hats and Caps
Whether you want a Baseball Reflections hat or cap...
Bob Gibson/Reggie Jackson: Sixty Feet, Six Inches
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I just finished reading a great baseball book, ‘Sixty Feet, Six Inches‘, by Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson with Ronnie Wheeler. This book is a running conversation by two of baseball’s greatest players about the mind games and strategies that go on between the pitcher...
Playing Good Idea/Bad Idea with the Cubs Offseason
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It’s really hard for me in the midst of a brutal Chicago Bears season to take a step back and relive a brutal Cubs season. What a disappointment 2009 was for the Chicago Cubs. So much anticipation, so few results.
I posted my thoughts on Derek Lee and his contributions to...
Top 10 Free Agent Outfielders
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Outfielders, as in many years, offer the most diverse market. The reason outfielders tend to end up as free agents more often, is that typically it is hard to find a combination of average to above-average offense and good defense, and...
The Truth About Yankees Fans
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What better time to talk about the New York Yankees fan base, than two weeks after the 27th World Series Championship in team history. Yes, the Bronx Bombers are the most successful franchise in the history of professional sports. Yankees “faithful” have been filling “The Stadium”...
2009/2010 Free Agents at SS
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It’s been quite some time since the the first wave of Cal Ripken deciples made up a trio of the league’s elite shortstops. Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter now play together, with Rodriguez moving to third base (though a swap would probably improve the Yankees left side). Nomar Garciaparra...
Friday Night Links
7 days ago by
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For the next month or so we will be highlighting some products, companies or sites in an attempt to supply you, the loyal Baseball Reflections readers, with some holiday gift ideas for the baseball player(s) in your life.
Meyvn Baseball Company
If you’re like me, you’...
Tigers Considering Major Changes
7 days ago by
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They are not calling it a fire sale. Let’s get that out of the way first. Dave Dombrowski has conducted fire sales before, most notably following the 1997 championship season with the Florida Marlins. This, he says, is not a fire sale.
The GM meetings don’t usually bring...
Put Me In Coach…
8 days ago by
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Everynight I put my 2 year old Jack to bed, we close out the day with the two songs I’ve been singing to him since he was a baby. “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, and the slightly less popular “Meet the Mets” are staples in my toddler’s winding down portion of the bedtime...
Yankees’ Ten Most Pivotal Postseason Performers
9 days ago by
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As the New York Yankees bask in the afterglow of their unprecedented 27th World Championship, let’s take a look back at the ten biggest contributors to that title. Without these men, the Yankees’ postseason might have ended a lot earlier:
1. Alex Rodriguez: After the Yankees...
Is Jorge Posada Hall of Fame Bound?
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Jorge Posada has played for the Yankees since 1995, and started since 1998. He is a popular player, and as he approaches the end of his career, some noise is being made about electing him to the Hall of Fame. But does he deserve it? Is Jorge...
The Unceremonious End of the J.J Hardy Era
11 days ago by
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Friday was an interesting day for Brewers fans as they traded J.J Hardy to the Twins for Carlos Gomez.
As a Brewer fan, a J.J Hardy trade was something that I saw coming from a couple time zones away. Still, it isn’t something I’m too thrilled about. On a personal note, J.J Hardy...
The Secret of Mariano Rivera’s Success
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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...
Yankees Manager Girardi Risks Life After 27th Championship
14 days ago by
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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...
Congratulations to the 2009 World Series Champion NY Yankees
15 days ago by
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Jeter & Rivera
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...
Baseball Reflections Site Update
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Sometime on Saturday, Baseball Reflections will be an official member of the Most Valuable Network (MVN).
The only change you should see is the header and footer of MVN with a few of their ads and links to their other baseball sites via their MLB link as well as their other sports...
Rounding Third
16 days ago by
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As the 2009 Major League Baseball season comes to a close, it’s difficult to avoid drifting back to past seasons that have come and gone. Some of our most vivid childhood and adolescent memories are tied to the game that we cherish....
Don’t Stop BeLEEvin’
17 days ago by
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As the popular 1981 Journey song from their hit recording Escape reminds us to “Don’t Stop Believin’” I also found out that the song was adopted by the 2005 Chicago White Sox when they were in that year’s Fall Classic...
The Biggest WAR Bargains of 2009: Part 2
18 days ago by
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Last week I covered the top 5 position player bargains of the year – and despite the fact that they were great talents, had for cheap, they were still, mainly, pretty big names. This week, for part two, I’ll try to dive into...
Hot Stove Baseball Free Agent Tracker: 3B
21 days ago by
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Third basemen make up another fruitful class of free agents, perhaps the most fruitful of the entire 2009 class. The trade market for third baseman is also pretty bare, which should add intrigue, as most of the trade candidates have at least one serious flaw: Mike Lowell (injury-prone...
Hot Stove Baseball Free Agent Tracker: 1B
21 days ago by
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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...
The Cardinals 2009 Postseason And Some Notes on 2010
22 days ago by
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It’s been famously noted that the postseason is a crapshoot. While there is definitely some truth to that statement, for the St. Louis Cardinals the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers brought both old and new reasons for a hasty exit from October...
My 2009 World Series Prediction
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The Clash of the Titans
For those of who who are not excited about this year’s Fall Classic between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies, think it over for a minute…and while you’re at it read this snippet from Adam Becker’s article over at Baseball...
Three Harry Kalas Video Tributes
23 days ago by
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With the Philadelphia Phillies heading to their second consecutive trip to the World Series, here are a few tributes to the late, Great Harry Kalas: A Phillies Legend!
This first one is presented to you by Comcast…
This one is the Harry Kalas tribute video 4/17/09 Citizens...
Get Over It!
24 days ago by
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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...
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