Giambi helps keep Rockies relaxed, rolling
Buster OlneyMaybe it is Yorvit Torrealba who has earned the honor of wearing Jason Giambi's Golden Thong, after Torrealba's ninth-inning three-run double gave the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 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
Torii Hunter is of a rare breed
Buster Olney...player in Angels history to hit three home runs in a game and the first since Garret Anderson accomplished the feat in 2003. He is one of only two MLB players to do so...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 14, 2009
Holliday likely to be next free-agent prize
Buster OlneyMatt Holliday is set to become a free agent in the fall, and Oakland will not re-sign him. For the Athletics, a team with a modest payroll, an investm...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2009
Yanks unconcerned about A-Rod Being A-Rod
Buster OlneyAlex Rodriguez has nine years and about $275 million remaining on his contract, and he'll probably outlast everybody currently in the organization not...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009
Execs reluctant to sign older stars to long deals
Buster OlneyThe economy T-boned the free-agent market this winter, seemingly at 100 mph, and this was the major reason why established players -- guys who had bee...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 07, 2009
Heightened pressure now heaped on Teixeira
Buster OlneySo Alex Rodriguez embarks on an uncertain course. The Yankees don't know if he'll be available Opening Day or in May. They don't know if he'll be avai...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 06, 2009
Decision-makers have decided on Manny
Buster OlneyWhenever there are words here or elsewhere about the ugliness and the impact of Manny Ramirez's departure from Boston, there is uniform reaction from ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2009
Rays see room for improvement
Buster OlneyPORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Three thousand fans, many of them wearing Rays T-shirts or caps or jerseys, took advantage of the open house at the team's new...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009
Long-term contracts down significantly
Buster Olney...are only a handful of primary free agents remaining, from Manny Ramirez to Orlando Hudson to Garret Anderson to Tom Glavine. Here's another update on the offseason spending, courtesy of Mark Simon of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2009
Somebody take responsibility already
Buster OlneyAn official who has been in baseball a long time sounded really tired Wednesday morning. He was really down. He had a serious case of the Steroids Era...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2009
Players need to show fans they care about them
Buster OlneyThe labor strife of 1994-95 killed the game for nine months, and a World Series wasn't played for the first time since Theodore Roosevelt's administra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 07, 2009
Positions of interest among NL teams
Buster Olney...or Adam Dunn. For now, the Braves are looking at a lot of internal options, like Josh Anderson and Matt Diaz. Chicago Cubs: Leadoff hitter The Cubs' roster is all but set, but Lou Piniella...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2009
Positions of interest among AL teams
Buster OlneyIn putting together this list of the job situations that still need to be settled in the American League, I collaborated with the gang at Baseball Pro...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009
Market still loaded with names
Buster Olney...t need you until the end of the season.' He's still a solid professional hitter." Garret Anderson: "I'd bring him into camp to take a look, on a cheap contract. He's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2009
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