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Peter@BaseballReflections
I am new to blogging, but a baseball fan for as long as I can remember. I met my wife on a blind date at a game in 1996 & we celebrated our 11th anniversary in November of last year. She writes on my blog from time to time under the title: Pete's Rose. Web Site: Baseball Reflections Claimed Blog: Baseball Reflections Games: 2008 NBA Playoffs Pick'em BallHype Member since Nov. 15, 2007 |
baseballreflections.com - 11 hours ago
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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 and ...
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Bob Gibson/Reggie Jackson: Sixty Feet, Six Inches
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baseballreflections.com - 35 hours ago
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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 ...
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Playing Good Idea/Bad Idea with the Cubs Offseason
baseballreflections.com - 2 days ago
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Image by Getty Images via Daylife 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 vice ...
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Top 10 Free Agent Outfielders
baseballreflections.com - 3 days ago
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What better time to talk about the New
York Yankees fan base, than two weeks after the
27 th 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” to root on ...
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The Truth About Yankees Fans
baseballreflections.com - 4 days ago
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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 ...
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2009/2010 Free Agents at SS
baseballreflections.com - 6 days ago
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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’ll want to ...
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Friday Night Links
baseballreflections.com - 7 days ago
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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 much ...
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Tigers Considering Major Changes
baseballreflections.com - 8 days ago
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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 process. Whether ...
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Put Me In Coach…
baseballreflections.com - 9 days ago
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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 ...
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Yankees’ Ten Most Pivotal Postseason Performers
baseballreflections.com - 10 days ago
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Image via Wikipedia 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 i t? Is Jorge ...
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Is Jorge Posada Hall of Fame Bound?
baseballreflections.com - 11 days ago
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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 was one of ...
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The Unceremonious End of the J.J Hardy Era
baseballreflections.com - 13 days ago
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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 ...
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The Secret of Mariano Rivera’s Success
baseballreflections.com - 14 days ago
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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 ...
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Yankees Manager Girardi Risks Life After 27th Championship
baseballreflections.com - 15 days ago
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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 ...
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Congratulations to the 2009 World Series Champion NY Yankees
baseballreflections.com - 15 days ago
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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 coverage ...
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Baseball Reflections Site Update
baseballreflections.com - 17 days ago
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Image via Wikipedia 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. ...
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Don’t Stop BeLEEvin’
baseballreflections.com - 18 days ago
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Image by Keith Allison via Flickr 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 5 of ...
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The Biggest WAR Bargains of 2009: Part 2
baseballreflections.com - 20 days ago
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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 a t least one serious flaw: Mike Lowell (injury-prone), ...
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Hot Stove Baseball Free Agent Tracker: 3B
baseballreflections.com - 21 days ago
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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 new team, the ...
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Hot Stove Baseball Free Agent Tracker: 1B
baseballreflections.com - 22 days ago
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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. ...
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The Cardinals 2009 Postseason And Some Notes on 2010
