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How the Yankees can slow the Angels

Buster Olney

The Yankees' internal conversation about how to slow down the Angels' running game in this postseason started a little while back -- before spring tra...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Top 10 matchups of the LCS

Buster Olney

Here's what I see as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitte...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Kershaw is the great X factor

Buster Olney

The first inning that Clayton Kershaw threw in the major leagues lasted 32 pitches. He was 20 years old at the time, working too quickly, and learning...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009

Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off

Buster Olney

The fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Type A positive

Buster Olney

Jason Varitek and Juan Cruz found themselves boxed into a maze of baseball rules and regulations last winter, walled in by circumstance. But they prob...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Boston velocity versus Anaheim speed

Buster Olney

There are going to be two hard truths in play in the forthcoming division series between the Red Sox and the Angels, according to some talent evaluato...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009

ATH : Lincecum's Health a Concern?

Are Tim Lincecum's repetitions finally catching up with him just before his team needs him the most?

ESPN Insider Video | September 09, 2009

For a night, Penny is prime currency

Buster Olney

Mike Krukow, half of the Giants' broadcast team, said it best about Brad Penny in the seventh or eighth inning of the pitcher's debut with San Francis...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2009

Zito bolsters Giants' wild-card push

Buster Olney

...a shutout. A home run off the bat of Brad Hawpe ended that, and Giants manager Bruce Bochy paused at the top step of the San Francisco dugout heading to the mound to get...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2009

Slight changes put Tulowitzki back on track

Keith Law

On May 29, Troy Tulowitzki started the day hitting .224/.318/.393, a line even worse than his final results from an injury-plagued 2008 season. On tha...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009

ATH : Face Time: MLB

Jay Mariotti explains why the MLB needs to do something about pitchers hitting batters.

ESPN Insider Video | August 18, 2009

Control is reason for Wells' success

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Randy Wells doesn't have imposing stuff, but his command is the reason he is in consideration for top rookie honors in the National League.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 02, 2009

Brett Anderson finds another gear

A's pitcher Brett Anderson will glance at the ballpark radar gun after throwing off-speed pitches, using the readings to give him some sense of whethe...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 12, 2009

Losing the noise, raising the Price

David Price had been back with the Rays about three weeks, with inconsistent results, and Tampa Bay pitching coach Jim Hickey was asked about what he ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 10, 2009

Healthy Jennings realizing potential

Jason Grey, ESPN.com

Jason Grey profiles prospects Desmond Jennings and Jason Knapp, among others.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 17, 2009