> About the Author: John Parent is the founder of Always A Tiger, a blog covering the Detroit Tigers. He also regularly contributes to Bleacher Report and Baseball-Now. John and his wife Valerie have three children. John Parent | Jul 03, 2009 | Comments 0 Image by mwlguide via Flickr As the All-Star break draws near, many teams around the league are looking for upgrades. Your Motor City Kitties are no exception. The Tigers need for a another bat has been well chronicled... Read Full Story

> About the Author: Guest | Jul 02, 2009 | Comments 0 Image via Wikipedia Here’s an interview done by Russ Smith of SpliceToday entitled, “Interview: Craig Calcaterra of Shysterball“. Russ was kind enough to allow up to repost this on Baseball Reflections today. As the MLB season reaches its halfway mark, Splice has once again consulted Shysterball’s Craig Calcaterra, our favorite baseball blogger. Calcaterra, a lawyer by day, is passionate and... Read Full Story

> About the Author: Wayne Lin covers the Texas Rangers for us monthly and for his blog: Texas Rangers News. If you like what Wayne has to say about the Rangers, please visit him there. Wayne Lin | Jul 02, 2009 | Comments 0 “The Rangers have lost the lead in the AL West with the Angels taking the spot that they have been so familiar with over the last four years.  Texas has lost steam, but ironically, the pitching has kept them afloat and the offense has let them down.  The... Read Full Story

About the Author: Daniel Shoptaw writes here monthly on the St. Louis Cardinals. To read more from Daniel please go to his Cardinals blog at C70 At The Bat. Daniel Shoptaw | Jul 01, 2009 | Comments 1 In Cardinal Nation, we know that six is a serious number.  The local On The Run Mobile gas stations have had a promotion the past few years that, if the Cardinals scored six runs or more in a game, the next day fountain drinks, coffee, etc. was only a quarter at their stores.  This ye... Read Full Story

So now that David Ortiz has found his stroke again, all the murmurs will start. This will certainly mirror the talk that surrounded Jason Giambi a couple of years ago. You all remember, don’t you? Giambi admitted to doing performance-enhancing drugs before the 2004 season, and followed that up with an 80 game, 12 home run season. The murmurs, in that case, became a roar of laughter. It didn’t get any better in 2005 when he came out of the gate with five home runs in the first 60 games of the... Read Full Story

About the Author: Nick Kappel is the resident Fantasy Baseball guru here at Baseball Reflections. You can read more of his work on our site by clicking HERE! Nick | Jun 29, 2009 | Comments 0 Last week’s Fantasy Focus centered around three prime sell-high targets. This week, we’ll turn our attention to the minor leagues to find out which prospects are most likely to make a fantasy impact this season. Jhoulys Chacin Chacin’s value has skyrocketed since the beginning of the 2008 seas... Read Full Story

If you are looking for women's MLB apparel, check out Touch by Alyssa Milano! I you are looking for Baseball Jerseys for you favorite fan, check out this link. If you want Baseball Hats for that special fan, click on the link provided. Read Full Story

About the Author: I am Peter Schiller, the owner of Baseball Reflections who is also a writer. To read more of my work here at Baseball Reflections just click HERE! Peter Schiller | Jun 26, 2009 | Comments 0 In this edition of Friday Night Links, we return to our main focus for this series…promoting other sites that we like or think that you should look into. In this edition we will be focusing on Baseball and general sports equipment sites. Sports Diamond.com: a general sport equ... Read Full Story

About the Author: Jack Perconte played 12 years of professional baseball, including seven in the majors for the Dodgers, Indians, Mariners and White Sox, posting a career .270 average in the majors and a .311 mark in the minors. He was a 16th round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1976 and made his big league debut with the Dodgers in 1980. After retiring from professional baseball in 1987, Perconte opened a baseball training academy in Naperville, Ill. The hitting drills, men... Read Full Story

About the Author: Hugo also writes for Bluebird Banter. Please follow the link provided to read his work there. Hugo | Jun 25, 2009 | Comments 0 When my partner in crime, Tom, penned his last epistle about our beloved azure corvidae, things were just going great in the Queen City.  He mentioned how much he was enjoying the season thus far, and confided that he wasn’t sure how long the Jays could keep it up.  The answer – not long.  Almost immediately after his missive, the Jays we... Read Full Story