Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...that he'll be ready to go at full speed when spring training begins. New Houston manager Brad Mills and GM Ed Wade will soon meet with Oswalt, in a get-to-know conversation for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
Running through some end-of-the-year observations
ESPN.comMark Cunningham/Getty Images Toss out everything from this Mets season -- except the uniforms they wore Sunday. Keep those. By Steve Berthiaume, E...
Page | ConversationThe 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
How teams can learn from the Marlins
Buster Olney...injury updates, you must be an ESPN Insider. Every so often, there is a Tim Lincecum or Evan Longoria who arrives and produces right away. But sometimes, the young players who have had little experience...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2009
Return of the Mets not as impossible as it seems
ESPN.comRonald Martinez/Getty Images The Mets' recovery won't be as hard as it seems once they get a healthy Johan Santana back next year. By Peter Gammon...
Page | ConversationWorld Series seems to be headed to New York, St. Louis
ESPN.com...THEN play the season's most critical games. Let's start with the defending champion Phillies. Closer Brad Lidge is still struggling to make saves less exciting (or finish them at all), and Ryan Madson...
Page | ConversationHow the league broke the code
Buster Olney...just kind of got tired of people brushing [Evan Longoria] back. It's about time someone made...for exactly zero games. On the other hand, Brad Thompson of the St. Louis Cardinals threw a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2009
Swine flu should concern baseball
Buster OlneyVicente Padilla has swine flu, and other Rangers may be diagnosed with the same illness -- but so far, none of the cases are thought to be serious. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2009
Ranking the NL's easiest roads to the postseason
Buster OlneyHere's the ranking of strength of schedule in the second half in the NL. It's great news if you're a fan of the Brewers or the Dodgers or the Marlins,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2009
Phillies top Mets behind Moyer's strong outing
Associated PressJamie Moyer pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run double and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 4-1 on Saturday.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | July 04, 2009Nieve wins third straight as Mets find offense against Cardinals
Associated PressFernando Nieve pitched six scoreless innings to extend his improbable stint with the New York Mets and recent callup Nick Evans hit a two-run homer in an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | June 24, 2009Shea it isn't
Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.comCiti Field has proved to be a hard house in which to hit the home run. The fences have kept in dozens of balls that would have been hit out of Shea. But as Tristan Cockcroft points out, the Mets have adapted to create a true home-field advantage.
Story | Conversation | June 24, 2009Signability still an MLB draft trump card
...they passed on him and picked Matt Bush. The Royals understood the talent of Matt Wieters and Evan Longoria when they bypassed those two players in consecutive years. And all of the club officials from...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2009
Complete 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.
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