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The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off
Buster Olney...out of the picture, and it was all about the baseball, as it really has been since Sports Illustrated reported in February that Rodriguez had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. It might...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Sabathia giving Yankees whatever they need
Buster Olney...held firm. He must be responsible for his actions and choices, she insisted. To gain more of...with aggressive success very rarely seen in professional sports (David Beckham is an excellent example of someone...
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
Baseball could soon lose a giant
Buster OlneyBobby Cox first mentioned walking away from baseball in the spring of 2008, and when word of this reached Gene Michael, a former teammate and longtime...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2009
Smoltz manufactures a comeback
Buster OlneyJohn Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009
Why White Sox might want Rios
Buster OlneySome team has claimed Alex Rios on waivers and will know by early Tuesday afternoon whether he will become theirs, and there is lots of evidence that ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2009
The biggest holes for trades to fill
Buster OlneyWith just one full day and a chunk of hours before the trade deadline, these are the biggest holes remaining for teams that have been looking for help...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009
Eight reasons for Halladay to be a Phillie
Buster OlneyEight great reasons the Blue Jays and Phillies should work out a Roy Halladay trade: Maximizing value: Halladay will have very high trade value for t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 23, 2009
30 is the new 40
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineIn the post-steroids era, the battle is on to stockpile the best young talent
Story | Conversation | July 14, 2009
Hamels among most indispensable players
Buster Olney...season. Ask this question: What would Player X's team be if this player was out of action for an extended period of time? Consider the example of Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks. Last year...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 17, 2009
Some young arms could crack A's rotation
Buster OlneyWhen spring training began, the odds of Brett Anderson and/or Trevor Cahill and/or Vin Mazzaro being part of the Oakland Athletics' rotation on April ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009
Somebody take responsibility already
Buster Olney...case of the Steroids Era Blues, because he believes the issue will continue to hang over the sport, and that the same questions and the same issues will be rehashed day after day after day...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2009
Players need to show fans they care about them
Buster Olney...autograph requests, be polite, welcome the fans through actions or words. That was the summer that Cal...s consecutive-games streak, and he led the sport by example, standing out along the right-field...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 07, 2009
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