How the Yankees can slow the Angels
Buster OlneyThe Yankees' internal conversation about how to slow down the Angels' running game in this postseason started a little while back -- before spring tra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster OlneyHere'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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
Kershaw is the great X factor
Buster OlneyThe 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009
Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off
Buster OlneyThe fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009
Type A positive
Buster OlneyJason Varitek and Juan Cruz found themselves boxed into a maze of baseball rules and regulations last winter, walled in by circumstance. But they prob...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
Boston velocity versus Anaheim speed
Buster OlneyThere 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...
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?
Video | September 09, 2009
For a night, Penny is prime currency
Buster OlneyMike 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...
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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2009
Slight changes put Tulowitzki back on track
Keith LawOn 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009
ATH : Face Time: MLB
Jay Mariotti explains why the MLB needs to do something about pitchers hitting batters.
Video | August 18, 2009
Control is reason for Wells' success
Special to ESPN.comRandy Wells doesn't have imposing stuff, but his command is the reason he is in consideration for top rookie honors in the National League.
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...
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 ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 10, 2009
Healthy Jennings realizing potential
Jason Grey, ESPN.comJason Grey profiles prospects Desmond Jennings and Jason Knapp, among others.
Story | Conversation | June 17, 2009
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