McGwire has a road map, but also a guide
Buster Olney...provided a possible road map for Mark McGwire to use as he returns to baseball as the Cardinals' hitting coach. The slugger has never really addressed the issue of performance-enhancing drugs since leaving baseball...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009
The King becomes a craftsman
Buster OlneyIt wasn't the optimal situation for a new pitching coach to get to know a star pitcher. In spring training, Felix Hernandez was away from the Mariners...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009
Seven possibilities for a Mets front man
Buster OlneyOrdinary news briefings have become public-relations disasters for the New York Mets, writes Ben Shpigel, and members of the team's ownership have end...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009
How Wagner shifted the market
Buster Olney...going to be offered arbitration, a factor that probably will hang on his free agency like a ball and chain. So, with almost nothing to lose, he headed to Boston for a chance to pitch...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009
Page 2 Power Rankings: Bolt edition
Patrick Hruby, Page 2Patrick Hruby delivers the supremacy metric on the world of sports and beyond.
Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009Sunday signing updates
Keith Law...the first round by the Cardinals, is in St. Louis now...may head to Long Beach State or could go the junior...generates a lot of ground balls with his two-seamer, he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 16, 2009
Sunday signing updates
Keith Law...the first round by the Cardinals, is in St. Louis now...may head to Long Beach State or could go the junior...generates a lot of ground balls with his two-seamer, he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2009
Page 2 Power Rankings: Sox edition
Patrick Hruby, Page 2Patrick Hruby delivers the supremacy metric on the world of sports and beyond.
Story | Conversation | August 03, 2009They're called 'prospects' for a reason
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comWhile the Blue Jays and Phillies continue to haggle over prospects, Starting 9 revisits some trades involving highly touted minor leaguers who became major league busts.
Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009A cheap Halladay alternative
Buster Olney...help, you could take a shot at Duchscherer, who has every reason to want to take the ball for the final six weeks of the season. He is making $3.9 million this year, so...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2009
Practically un-bee-lievable
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comA swarm of bees at Petco Park. A flock of sea gulls at Progressive Field. A Nat with almost as many homers as his team has wins. Yeah, it's been one bizarre first half, for sure.
Story | Conversation | July 10, 2009Best, worst and weirdest of the first half
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comFrom Cy Youngs and Cy Yuks to MVPs and LVPs to some of the stranger moments on the diamond, we look back at the first half of the 2009 season.
Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009High school pitchers lead early draft rounds
Chris Lawlor, ESPNRISE.comHigh school players drafted in the early rounds of Major League Baseball's Rule 4 draft look to seize the opportunities created by a tighter economy. Sixteen of the 32 players selected in the first round were prep players, writes Chris Lawlor.
Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009Complete 2009 draft results
ESPN.comCheck out which players were among the 1,521 selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, from Stephen Strasburg to Alibay Barkley.
Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009Best and worst of the first three rounds
Keith Law, Scouts Inc.The Rockies and Twins showed some guts in the first round, while the Pirates made an early pick that stood out for the wrong reasons.
Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009
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