Rivera, Nathan lead '10 relief rankings
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell reviews each team's bullpen situation this year and previews the closer situations for 2010.
Story | Conversation | September 30, 2009Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars
Buster OlneyIt is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
Wainwright commanding plate, and attention
Buster Olney...and Lopez just nodded approvingly, respectfully, as if to say Yep, he's got a great curveball today, and I'm just going to have to go to work from here with that in mind...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2009
Diamondbacks shuffle closers
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell takes a look at the closer situation in Arizona after a freak season-ending injury to Chad Qualls.
Story | Conversation | September 02, 2009Why Greinke should win the Cy Young
Buster OlneyBy 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009
Smoltz manufactures a comeback
Buster OlneyJohn Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009
Smoltz and Sox face difficult decisions
Buster OlneyAll Boston manager Terry Francona could do was to try to contain the damage the Yankees had done to John Smoltz in the fourth inning Thursday night. A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2009
Ranking the NL's easiest roads to the postseason
Buster OlneyHere's the ranking of strength of schedule in the second half in the NL. It's great news if you're a fan of the Brewers or the Dodgers or the Marlins,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2009
Donavan Tate top high school pick in draft
Chris Lawlor, ESPN.comThree right-handed pitchers were among four high school prospects selected in the top 10 in the first round of Major League Baseball's 2009 first-year player draft.
Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009Carolina and Opening Day on our minds
CommunityEdsFans' elation at the NCAA tournament championship game and Opening Day was muted this week by the death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart.
Story | Conversation | April 11, 2009The lost leverage of Manny and T.O.
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comWhat have we learned from Manny Ramirez and Terrell Owens in the past few weeks? Maybe it's that the balance of power is shifting to ownership in pro sports.
Story | Conversation | March 11, 2009Relief Efforts: Offseason bullpen roundup
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell takes stock of each team's closer situation heading into the 2009 season, which will be updated constantly through the winter.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008Berkman showing he's the king of swing
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comWith Lance Berkman locked in at the plate like few others have ever been, feel free to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Story | Conversation | May 20, 2008Astros 9, Yankees 5
Associated PressAstros 9, Yankees 5
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | March 07, 2008
