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Is Seattle Milton Bradley's last chance?
Buster OlneyDifficult teammates come with all forms of behavior. Albert Belle was known as Mr. Freeze to the others in the Indians' clubhouse because he liked to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2009
Searching for Bobby Abreu
Buster Olney...Abreu went on to have a fantastic season, becoming one of the best per-dollar values in baseball. Considering how this offseason is playing out, there are going to be good players still looking for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009
Post-winter meetings questions
Buster OlneyThe most prominent unresolved questions coming out of the winter meetings: 1. Where will Roy Halladay be traded? Halladay We talk all the time...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2009
A chip-cashing trade
Buster OlneyThe trade will include big names and first-round picks when it is finally completed. Curtis Granderson is an All-Star with some major numbers and a su...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Where we stand as winter meetings arrive
Buster OlneyThe Cleveland Indians have relative pennies to spend this winter, and the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers won't spend much, either. The Los Angeles ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009
The Yankees' case for Halladay
Buster OlneyThe Yankees, Mets and Red Sox have spent more money in free agency over the past decade than any other teams, as ESPN's esteemed Mark Simon notes: Bi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009
Cameron centered on the playoffs
Buster Olney...center fielders, playing well at a time when other center fielders his age are watching Major League Baseball from a couch. "I feel like I can still play one of the better center fields in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2009
Running with Bob Sheppard
Buster OlneyBob Sheppard, the longtime public address announcer for the Yankees, is stepping away from the microphone for good. I hope he enjoys whatever he deci...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2009
The Spawn of 'Moneyball'
Buster Olney...of college, against the kind of candidates we're seeing now, I probably wouldn't be in baseball." Call them the Spawn of "Moneyball." Rather than taking up residence on Wall Street or aspiring to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster OlneyThe latest seismic rumbling probably hit the baseball landscape early Thursday morning -- probably before all the...as the Yankees prepare for their championship parade today. No. 1: The Yankees have done a great...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
A new chapter for Lee and Sabathia
Buster OlneyThe old friends pitched against each other in the first game ever at new Yankee Stadium back in April, and then afterward, CC Sabathia took Cliff Lee ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009
What to watch for in Game 6 of the ALCS
Buster Olney...And why not? Mariano Rivera has again reinforced his standing as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, tossing 8.2 scoreless innings in this postseason, striking out 10 batters. Rivera has now pitched...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2009
A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off
Buster Olney...the first-base line and Boras went 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Sabathia giving Yankees whatever they need
Buster Olney...athlete who was constantly catered to by adults from the time he demonstrated he could throw a baseball really hard. No, Margie sent her moping son home on his bike when he complained about an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2009
How the Yankees can slow the Angels
Buster OlneyThe Yankees' internal conversation about how to slow down the Angels' running game in this postseason started a little while back -- before spring tra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
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