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The top matchups of the World Series

Buster Olney

These 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 Olney

There 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 Olney

Bobby 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 Olney

John 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 Olney

Some 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 Olney

With 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 Olney

Eight 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 Magazine

In 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 Olney

When 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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