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Buster OlneyBio | E-mail | Blog | ChatsBuster Olney is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. A baseball reporter since 1989, Olney has covered the Padres, Orioles, Mets and Yankees. Olney, a bestselling author, joined ESPN The Magazine in 2003, after six years at The New York Times. |
Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster OlneyIt was in the middle of the afternoon, the day before Thanksgiving, and yet Orioles president Andy MacPhail was at his desk, answering his phone. "Tha...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
6 a.m.: Buster Olney
...win over the Texans. Plus, the guys talk about Joe Mauer winning the AL MVP with Buster Olney
Audio PodCast | November 24, 2009
The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster OlneyThe 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Signing Mauer a percentage play
Buster OlneyThere are a couple of Dodgers fans in Aberdeen, S.D., as I learned over the last week, and a lot of Orioles fans, because of the team's past minor lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Cash grab
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineDuring this winter's free agency and arbritration, good things won't come to those who wait.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009
The free agent do-call list
Buster OlneyThe free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise
Buster OlneyIt 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009
Perhaps the offseason bar set too high, too soon
Peter GammonsSo much for the general managers meetings, which began five days after the World Series and 10 days before the free-agency period opens. They're reall...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009
The significance of the Mauer market
Buster OlneyThe agent for Joe Mauer wouldn't characterize the state of the catcher's negotiations with the Twins on Thursday, or discuss them in any way, which is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009
6 a.m.: Buster Olney/Jon Gruden
Greeny and Golic talk baseball with ESPN The Magazine senior MLB writer Buster Olney and football with ESPN NFL analyst Jon Gruden
Audio PodCast | November 12, 2009
The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster OlneyExecutives and agents packed their bags and boarded planes in Chicago, thinking about what they had seen and heard over the previous 48 hours, such as...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
The Spawn of 'Moneyball'
Buster OlneyAn 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster OlneyFor years, the Elias Sports Bureau rankings that determined what kind of draft-pick compensation would be attached to free agents meant nothing to som...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Seattle could land Lackey
Buster OlneyThe John Lackey sweepstakes won't open until next week, but already rivals are sizing up the market and view the Seattle Mariners as a potential sleep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2009
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