Ultimate '00s trivia
Jayson StarkAs "We Love the '00s Week" winds down here at ESPN.com, it's time for me to fulfill my resident-triviologist duties and present The Ultimate '00s Triv...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009
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
Trading A-Gon a matter of timing
Buster OlneyHow much would the Padres have to get in return for Adrian Gonzalez to get a fair deal? "I don't know if you can put together enough young talent t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2009
Multiple avenues for Philly
Buster OlneyDominoes fell rapidly throughout the majors Monday, with deals and trades setting up more deals or negotiations or questions. The Phillies: The prima...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2009
One of many
Buster OlneyA boy waits for the rumbling sound of an old blue car to climb through the maple trees, and right after he hears it he can see through the barn window...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2009
A chip-cashing trade
Buster Olney...issue in the later innings. If the Yankees place him leadoff in their lineup, that means Derek Jeter will go back to the No. 2 spot, where he tended to hit into double plays...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Breaking down market moves and chatter
Buster Olney...is amazing," one talent evaluator said Thursday. "I think his bat control is right up there with Jeter." The Phillies believe that if Polanco bats second, behind Jimmy Rollins, this will give Rollins a better...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009
NEXT No. 5: Melanie Oudin
Shaun Assael, ESPN The MagazineMelanie Oudin is taking women's tennis by storm.
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2009
Roberto Alomar's brilliance still on display
Buster Olney...when he didn't actually have a ball come into contact with his skin. You see Derek Jeter lunge to field a ground ball up the middle, as a fast runner moves up the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009
Yankees' spring plans for Joba, Hughes
Peter Gammons...field/center field mix of Jackson, Gerardo Parra, Brandon Allen and Chris Young. Yes, I had Derek Jeter second on my AL MVP ballot behind Joe Mauer, because in a year when the Yankees...
Blog Entry | Conversation | 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
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
My 2009 awards picks
Keith Law...much as anything. Even putting him fourth is probably aggressive. AL MVP 1. Joe Mauer 2. Derek Jeter 3. Ben Zobrist 4. Zack Greinke 5. Roy Halladay 6. Evan Longoria 7. Felix Hernandez 8...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 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
Blame the system, not the Yankees
Peter GammonsThe morning after the Yankees won their 27th World Series, one of their scouts sent an e-mail that read: "You cannot believe how Brian Cashman treated...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009
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