The Bottom 10

The Bottom 10

Bottom 10

ESPN.com's weekly list of college football's 10 most underwhelming teams.

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Marlins may handle Johnson as Indians did Lee

Buster Olney

...vesting option on a fourth year. But the bottom line is that Johnson's side is looking...of the Week, from Brent Mayne "Lately my 10-year-old son, Noah, has been grilling me...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 29, 2009

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

Buster Olney

...surrender only a second-round pick -- would be willing to give up the draft picks. Wagner made $10.5 million in 2009, but if he were to make himself very affordable (for example, two years...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

The market for Miguel Cabrera

Buster Olney

The Tigers are in cost-cutting mode and they are willing to discuss a possible trade of Miguel Cabrera, writes Lynn Henning. Set aside, for a momen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise

Buster Olney

It was as if Michael Bourn had been staring at the same math equation for months, knowing that the answer was right there in front of him. His batting...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009

The Spawn of 'Moneyball'

Buster Olney

An American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Cashman casts praise far and wide

Buster Olney

...sign of what he's been for us -- someone who has brought everyone together, from top to bottom." In Pat Gillick's years as general manager, he was renowned for the way he treated his...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

Buster Olney

Charlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Baseball's next great economic disparity

Buster Olney

Baseball's financial structure appears to have reached a tipping point that can be defined simply. "The arbitration process is now outdated," said a h...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009

The top matchups of the World Series

Buster Olney

...throw a lot of breaking balls against the Dodgers, but you know he already knows that the bottom part of the Yankees' lineup -- [Robinson] Cano, [Nick] Swisher and [Melky] Cabrera -- are all vulnerable against breaking...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

A new chapter for Lee and Sabathia

Buster Olney

The 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 ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009

A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off

Buster Olney

The camera in center field caught the full picture of Alex Rodriguez on Tuesday night, present and past. As Rodriguez turned and blasted his fifth hom...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

ALCS Game 2 filled with regrets, redemption

Buster Olney

...while for others, there will be regret. Top 10 moments of regret and redemption from Game 2...with no balls and two strikes in the bottom of the 11th inning. The Angels had scored...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009

La Russa may be leaving St. Louis

Buster Olney

...St. Louis Cardinals' season might have ended if the third out hadn't escaped them in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2, if that little looping line drive had hit Matt Holliday...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009

Opening up the mailbag

Buster Olney

...the same core of talent that Tampa has, so maybe you can make a run every 5-10 years, but providing a consistent competitive team year in and year out is not realistic in the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009

The Tigers must address Cabrera

Buster Olney

...this is about what his blood alcohol level might have been Saturday: 7 a.m.: 0.24 10 a.m.: 0.18 1 p.m.: 0.12 3 p.m. (the time most players arrive...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009