The internal trade deadline
Buster OlneyIn the hours after Alex Anthopoulos was named as general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, he returned to his hotel room in Baltimore and just absorbe...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009
Yankees' spring plans for Joba, Hughes
Peter Gammons...tough going the other way," says Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. Cashman feels David Robertson and Damaso Marte can pitch the seventh and eighth innings in front of Mariano Rivera, but a Yankees run...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Blame the system, not the Yankees
Peter Gammons...small-market team afford the $16M Nick Swisher is owed the next two years? No. Or Damaso Marte's $4M. Any more than the Marlins could afford the $2.25M Jeremy Hermida could take...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009
Baseball's next great economic disparity
Buster OlneyBaseball's financial structure appears to have reached a tipping point that can be defined simply. "The arbitration process is now outdated," said a h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
Prospects uncertain, but still held in high regard
Peter Gammons...four highly respected BA writers. None of the four lists had Chase Utley in its top 50. Marte Cain At the time, Jesse Foppert of the Giants was the fourth-best prospect in the game...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2009
Why Crawford could eye the century mark
Carl Crawford seems to be on the move constantly in the clubhouse, changing shoes and T-shirts between various elements of his physical training. He i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 04, 2009
Fault lines on the Cubs growing deeper
Throughout the years, reporters assigned to cover Cubs manager Lou Piniella often have given updates on his emotional state. Inevitably, they've sound...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 26, 2009
Greinke might be ready to win a Cy Young
Miguel Olivo caught the no-hitter of Anibal Sanchez a few years back, and what the Royals catcher experienced on Saturday night was something close to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2009
Loyal to the core
I was a teenage nerd who spent way too much time playing baseball board games, looking at baseball cards and thinking about the upcoming baseball seas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 15, 2009
Don Long and maple bats, one year later
Buster OlneyDon Long, the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates, ventured over to the back fields at the Phillies' complex in Clearwater, Fla., on Friday after...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 14, 2009
AL East becoming a pitching division
Peter Gammons...in the rotation because of the arms in front of Mariano Rivera: Phil Coke, Brian Bruney, Damaso Marte, et al. Oh, there may be circumstances under which Chamberlain might go back to the 'pen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 14, 2009
No closer, no worries for Rays
...news uniforms drew cheers, writes Jeff Zrebiec. Melvin Mora had minor surgery. • The Yankees signed Damaso Marte. • Mike Mussina said he's still up in the air about whether to retire, writes...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2008
World Series needs warmth, neutral site
My first memories of the World Series, from 1973 and 1974, are vivid. I remember watching Willie Mays stare into the sun as he tried unsuccessfully to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2008
Pena, Rays keeping it simple
After Carl Crawford got hurt and Evan Longoria suffered a broken hand, Tampa Bay hitting coach Steve Henderson approached Carlos Pena and asked, "You ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008
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