Sabathia giving Yankees whatever they need
Buster OlneyMargie Sabathia flew into New York the other day, and if she and her son held to family tradition late Friday night, they probably spent 15 or 20 minu...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2009
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster OlneyThere were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis
Buster OlneyMilwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
For a night, Penny is prime currency
Buster OlneyMike Krukow, half of the Giants' broadcast team, said it best about Brad Penny in the seventh or eighth inning of the pitcher's debut with San Francis...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2009
Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition
Buster OlneyJoe Torre loved having Darryl Strawberry on his bench in the days when the two were manager and player with the New York Yankees. Strawberry didn't pl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009
Swine flu should concern baseball
Buster OlneyVicente Padilla has swine flu, and other Rangers may be diagnosed with the same illness -- but so far, none of the cases are thought to be serious. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2009
DeRosa dealt; Piniella, Bradley reduced to tears
Mark DeRosa will never be a hitter who will force opposing pitchers to think about throwing strikes to Albert Pujols. But remember, there might be onl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 28, 2009
Nats' bats should improve drastically
Matt Meyers, ESPN The MagazineThe addition of Adam Dunn and continued progress of Ryan Zimmerman should put some life into Washington's offense.
Story | Conversation | March 25, 2009
Moyer's pearls of wisdom
Buster OlneyThe gray in Jamie Moyer's hair is thickening above his ears. The man is 46 years old, after all, and he pitched to Tony Perez. When you stick around t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2009
Loyal to the core
I was a teenage nerd who spent way too much time playing baseball board games, looking at baseball cards and thinking about the upcoming baseball seas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 15, 2009
Positions of interest among NL teams
Buster Olney...Astros have been forced to cut in other spots. So they dumped Ty Wigginton and signed Aaron Boone, and hope to find a solution in Boone or Geoff Blum or some surprise on their...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2009
Peavy and Dunn could solve problems
Jay Jaffe, Kevin Goldstein and Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusTeams can find a good fit for their open jobs through trades (Jake Peavy), free agency (Adam Dunn) or the farm system.
Story | Conversation | February 04, 2009
Winners and losers from Yanks' signing of Teixeira
...be worth $3 million, writes Troy Renck. • The Astros are getting a character guy in Aaron Boone, writes Richard Justice. • The buzzword for the Cardinals is now "patient," writes Derrick Goold, and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2008
New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise
Buster OlneyIt was as if Michael Bourn had been staring at the same math equation for months, knowing that the answer was right there in front of him. His batting...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009
Kiper's top five by position: Seniors
Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN.comLooking ahead to the 2010 NFL draft, Mel Kiper ranks his top five seniors by position.
Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009
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