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
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
Can you believe in Whitesell?
Jason Grey, ESPN.comJason Grey digs deep into AL- and NL-only leagues and takes a closer look at Josh Whitesell, who was recently called up by the Diamondbacks.
Story | Conversation | May 10, 2009
Braun's sensible deal
Milwaukee GM Doug Melvin bumped into Ryan Braun a few days ago, and although there were still some T's to be crossed and some I's to be dotted in the ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 16, 2008
Bowker's wild trip to the majors
As John Bowker rode into his first day in the major leagues Saturday, he kept doing a mental equipment check, double-checking in his mind that he had,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2008
Potent offense will drive Yankees
...contribute quality innings, and they don't know if those will come from Mike Mussina or Ian Kennedy, or if they'll get them at all. But the offense should be the anchor for this...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2008
Not all big deals are bad deals
Some players in the game are forever viewed through the lens of their contract. As they are signed, the debate begins about whether they are worth the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2008
Oakland believes in Barton
...look for in a young left-handed hitter, in the way pitchers work to them," said manager Bob Geren, before running through some of those things -- a left-handed pitcher's breaking ball over the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 06, 2008
Friday Filberts
...of Fame, and that more (including the late Bob Howsam) should be in the Hall of Fame...fans have already been following Hughes and Ian Kennedy and the way Sox fans have been mooning...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 29, 2008
Mussina won't deliver big results
...year. But as Bob Klapisch writes, that's exactly what they're doing with Mike Mussina. Consider the math. The Yankees have three rookie starters, Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, all on a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2008
Rox ready to roll
...8226; Mike Mussina moved some locker assignments around so that he could have more access to Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes, Ed Price writes. I have heard that a number of pitchers in the Yankees...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 17, 2008
The market for Blanton
...made it clear he wants to hold onto the most developed Yankees prospects -- Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy -- and given the Yankees' exit from the Santana trade talks, that might seem to take them out...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 11, 2008
Santana in commanding position
I would love to be the agent for Johan Santana today. I would love to ever possess the kind of leverage that Peter Greenberg, Santana's longtime repre...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 30, 2008
Twins should just keep Santana
...are dying for a frontline pitcher like Santana, they might relent and give up Hughes and Ian Kennedy (depending on the development of other minor league pitchers). If the Red Sox were hit by injuries...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2008
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