Dodgers frozen, and falling behind
Buster Olney...look like, with Dan Haren, Edwin Jackson and a recovering Brandon Webb at the front, and Ian Kennedy perhaps working at the back end. You could see it in the assuredness of Yankees general manager...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2009
NASCAR's most powerful women
Ryan McGee...decades, women -- including wives -- weren't even allowed in the pits. Well, I don't know if Bob Dylan has ever considered himself a NASCAR fan, but the times they are a-changin'. On Tuesday...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
A chip-cashing trade
Buster Olney...still looking for a closer, writes John Lowe. The prospects are not enough for the Tigers, writes Bob Wojnowski. Clutch is the question about Curtis Granderson, writes Joel Sherman. The trade addresses four points for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
San Juan tourney keeps getting better and better
Fran FraschillaThe third year of the Puerto Rico Classic has produced a good, solid field with one top-10 team (Villanova), two more top-25 teams (Georgia Tech, Dayt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009
Rice swung and missed on Jeter
Buster OlneyOn a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 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
In conversation with Taylor Mays
Bruce FeldmanTaylor Mays already is a two-time All-American. The USC safety shocked many folks when he opted to return for his senior season, but he said he wasn't...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 29, 2009
The Hall should preserve history, not dodge it
Buster OlneyThe day after Bill Madden wrote a story saying commissioner Bud Selig was thinking seriously about reinstating Pete Rose, there is another story from ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2009
USC's Rising Stars Camp
Bruce Feldman...line talent, much of the talk around Brian Kennedy Field was about the quarterback derby that was...Nick Hirschman, a protégé of Bob Johnson, the same coach who produced former USC...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2009
Josh Johnson's quiet dominance
It was midway through Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson's latest piece of dominance Saturday night when Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano turned and men...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 21, 2009
The secret to Mauer's power surge
Joe Mauer lingered on the disabled list into late April, and he didn't hit any homers during his injury rehabilitation assignment. In his first at-bat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 26, 2009
Hope meets reality as new season dawns
Buster OlneyThe optimism that manifests itself in every spring training will begin to seep away today at 8 p.m., just like clockwork, when Brett Myers throws the ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 05, 2009
Liriano 'more of a complete pitcher now'
Buster OlneyFrancisco Liriano's delivery always will have mechanical potholes, the kind of flaws that can wreck the undercarriage of a long, prosperous career. Th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009
A-Rod had better hope he's told the truth
Buster OlneyOn Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez offered up far more detail than Andy Pettitte and more substance than Jason Giambi, and he went way beyond where either Mar...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009
Perez, Motte vying to become Cardinals' closer
Buster OlneyJason Isringhausen earned 217 saves over seven seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, but now he is gone and manager Tony La Russa is left to identify a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 14, 2009
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