Notes from the winter meetings
Peter Gammons...with 2,000 plate appearances has more walks and extra-base hits than strikeouts, not even Gary Sheffield, Ichiro Suzuki or Todd Helton
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009
Signing Mauer a percentage play
Buster OlneyThere are a couple of Dodgers fans in Aberdeen, S.D., as I learned over the last week, and a lot of Orioles fans, because of the team's past minor lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Atlanta Braves
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Atlanta Braves, who set the stage for Bobby Cox to go out a winner next season.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009
Boston velocity versus Anaheim speed
Buster Olney...in spite of the fact that their swings might be confused for those of a vintage Gary Sheffield, well, they will wreak havoc. For a lot more on a Red Sox-Angels matchup, free...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009
Duensing among unlikely September stars
Buster OlneyThe crises come daily in the pennant races, and all the stuff that really matters at the outset of spring training -- pedigree, salary, past statistic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009
Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis
Buster OlneyMilwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
Why Holliday could end up a rental
Buster OlneyAs the summer's trade season played out, rival executives came away from conversations with the Cardinals believing St. Louis wasn't in position to ta...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009
Three Strikes: Piracy edition
Jayson Stark...in the big leagues the last time the Pirates had a winning record -- Ken Griffey Jr., Gary Sheffield, Omar Vizquel, Matt Stairs, Pudge Rodriguez and Jim Thome. • But at least there's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2009
NL West is better than you might think
Peter GammonsTwo years ago, four of the five teams in the NL West had better than .500 records, and the Rockies and Diamondbacks played in the NLCS. This season, t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 05, 2009
Three Strikes: September drama edition
Jayson Stark...a guy who was supposed to make it into the lineup only about once a week -- Gary Sheffield. Sheffield As Letzler also points out, that same Gary Sheffield hasn't hit a home run...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009
Baseball's week of U-turns
Buster Olney...a Yankees single-season record in that category. The previous record of five was shared by Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez (2005), Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio (1936), and Gehrig and Babe Ruth (1927...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 10, 2009
Nine reasons this NYY-BOS series is pivotal
Buster Olney...them right back into the race in the AL East, writes Joe Henderson. It's official, writes Gary Shelton: The Rays are in the thick of the playoff chase. The Red Sox rotation. Josh Beckett...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009
The New York Mets' guru problem
Buster OlneyA constant challenge for those who worked for George Steinbrenner when he ran the Yankees was to try to keep track of who had his ear and happened to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 26, 2009
The familiar angle on Houston's surge
Buster Olney...he did. That said, the Mets lost another player to injury on Sunday, and another game. Gary Sheffield's injury is more than just a cramp. Livan Hernandez's spot might be in jeopardy...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2009
Three Strikes: The break-to-break leaders
Jayson Stark...you can see, it wasn't even close: PLAYER GAMES TO 200 HR Ryan Howard 658 Gary Sheffield 788 Alex Rodriguez 826 Manny Ramirez 855 Jim Thome 927 Ken Griffey Jr. 959 Albert Pujols...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2009
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