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A somber celebration in Detroit

Buster Olney

Ernie Harwell will chat with his extended family tonight, from a baseball field in Detroit, and Al Kaline has a pretty good idea of what he will say. ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009

Why Greinke should win the Cy Young

Buster Olney

By the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009

Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir

Buster Olney

...their payroll like an abandoned construction project in Las Vegas. The Diamondbacks invested in Byrnes and traded Carlos Quentin, and this one set of decisions has been devastating, almost debilitating. Now that Kazmir is reunited...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009

How Wagner shifted the market

Buster Olney

...for an alternative to Bobby Jenks), the Cubs (if they decide to look for an alternative to Carlos Marmol), Milwaukee, Baltimore, Atlanta. And teams that probably should save their draft picks and not bother with...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Money for nothin'

Buster Olney

...it's a deal that unquestionably makes them better equipped to deal with the rest of 2009. Carlos Quentin is not fully healed and Scott Podsednik and Jermaine Dye have been slumping, so now the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009

Why White Sox might want Rios

Buster Olney

...may be that he would start Podsednik in center on some days, flanked by Jermaine Dye and Carlos Quentin, and on other days he could start Rios in center, flanked by Quentin and Dye. Or...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2009

Wieters ready now, but might wait

Buster Olney

Matt Wieters just keeps on hammering the ball this spring, and Saturday, he did it in the clutch, Peter Schmuck writes. He's hitting better than .400 ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2009

Yanks confident they have highest bid for Burnett

Buster Olney

...they will make an offer that is comparable to the $91.5 million deal signed by Carlos Zambrano in August 2007, as has been speculated, but the Yankees are confident that they will have...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2008

Rival executives say Cubs willing to deal Prior

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Four years ago, Mark Prior had the kind of stature that Johan Santana has now, as the pitcher that everybody would love to have. But now the Chicago Cubs have made it known that they are willing to trade the former All-Star pitcher, rival executives say.

Story | Conversation | November 27, 2007

Westbrook goes for win No. 13, .500 record

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Sunday's top matchups.

Story | Conversation | August 27, 2005

Mulder has shot at 20 wins

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Monday's top matchups.

Story | Conversation | August 21, 2005

Leiter makes second start for Yanks

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Friday's top matchups.

Story | Conversation | July 21, 2005

Best Series: Nationals-Rangers

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Friday's top matchups and the good, the bad, and the ugly from Thursday.

Story | Conversation | June 17, 2005

Yankees foundering

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Saturday's top matchups and the good, the bad, and the ugly from Friday.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2005

Seeking salvation

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

A look at Sunday's top matchups and the good, the bad, and the ugly from Saturday.

Story | Conversation | June 05, 2005