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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
Buster Olney: Pujols Should Be Unaminous NL MVP
SportsCenter...stood between the Twins catcher and his place in history as a unanimous selection. Hear why Buster Olney believes Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols should be the unanimous National League MVP. The winner will be...
Blog | November 24, 2009The 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
Joe Mauer - AL MVP - Buster Olney Analysis
SportsCenter...Mauer is the nearly-unanimous winner of the AL MVP, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes. Buster wants to know why he didn't go 28 for 28
Blog | November 23, 2009At This Hour 9a et: David Beckham, Red Sox, Mike Leach
SportsCenter...million of his $12 million salary for next season, according to major-league sources. For more: Buster Olney: A strategic retreat for Red Sox? AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach...
Blog | November 23, 2009Signing 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
Back where I belong
Gordon Edes...a terrific stable of people who write and talk baseball with the best of them, including Buster Olney, Tim Kurkjian, Jayson Stark, Jerry Crasnick, Jim Caple, the Baseball Tonight crew and another New Englander...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009The 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
Can we replace Gold Gloves?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIn the wake of the latest round of atrocities, Friend of the Blog Rany Jazayerli shows up with a welcome and constructive idea: This annual trashi...
Blog | November 12, 2009Buster Olney: A strategic retreat for Red Sox?
ESPNBoston.com...Editor's note: The following is excerpted from Buster Olney's blog . For Buster's complete analysis of the Red Sox offseason, check out the video...
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