Lee's calm is the Yankees' storm
Buster OlneyWe are accustomed to seeing October tension reflected in the eyes of the pitchers. Orel Hershiser's eyes in 1988 were intense -- the Bulldog locked in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009
La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster Olney...Russa's longtime friend, simmered this season about the way he perceived the organization treated his son, Chris. For more on La Russa's potential landing spots outside St. Louis and more notes on each...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
The Tigers must address Cabrera
Buster OlneyPolice reportedly don't know everything that took place inside Miguel Cabrera's home Saturday morning because neither the Tigers' first baseman nor hi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009
Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine
Buster OlneyBobby Valentine's first full season as manager of the Mets was 1997, a year in which I took a job with The New York Times, and I covered him for just ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009
Cy Young candidates make final pitch
AJ Mass, ESPN.comAJ Mass previews Thursday's action, which includes a couple of NL Cy Young award candidates making their final regular-season starts.
Story | Conversation | September 30, 2009For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009
The catch heard 'round the Rockies
Buster OlneyThere were no tangible advantages working in favor of Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes in the ninth inning late Sunday afternoon as he turned to pu...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009
The Cy Young cases for Greinke and King Felix
Buster OlneyThis time of year, teams begin to include information in their media dispatches about their various candidates for major awards. The AL Cy Young Award...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009
The overlooked stars of the season
Buster OlneyZack Greinke is battling for the Cy Young Award, and that standing has hoisted him out of the second division and into the national conversation. Simi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009
Why Holliday could end up a rental
Buster Olney...enormous contract obligations on the books. Albert Pujols will make $16 million in salary next year, and Chris Carpenter, the leading contender for the NL Cy Young Award, is set to make $14.5 million...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009
Derek Jeter's unbroken contract with fans
Buster Olney...he has paid off over and over and over. For Buster's take on Jeter, thoughts on Chris Carpenter's gem and Boston's "must" situation, plus tons of other news and injury updates, you...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2009
Baseball's all-time 'train-wreck' seasons
David Schoenfield, ESPN.comThe 2009 Mets have company as one of several teams in baseball history that have had "train-wreck" seasons -- disastrous results despite high hopes.
Story | Conversation | September 03, 2009For 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
The value of waiver warfare
Buster Olney...We heard last week that the Yankees placed a waiver claim on minor league outfielder/first baseman Chris Carter, who is a player to be named in Boston's deal for Billy Wagner. The Yankees...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2009
Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition
Buster OlneyJoe Torre loved having Darryl Strawberry on his bench in the days when the two were manager and player with the New York Yankees. Strawberry didn't pl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009
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