Obstacles to a World Series rematch
Buster Olney...the opportunity to rest and reflect and rebound, and if he can bounce back, he and Cliff Lee would make a devastating combination at the front of the Philadelphia rotation. The Yankees need to patch...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders
Buster OlneyThe conversations between general managers began accelerating this week, and some have noticed a distinct trend that does not bode well for this winte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster Olney...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 frantic pace. The Phillies' ace left-hander works on the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
A new chapter for Lee and Sabathia
Buster Olney...first game ever at new Yankee Stadium back in April, and then afterward, CC Sabathia took Cliff Lee to his place to catch up, to hang out, to see a friend who had stopped by...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009
McGwire has a road map, but also a guide
Buster OlneyWe saw again Sunday night an example of how others have talked about their past use of performance-enhancing drugs and moved on. Yankees pitcher Andy ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009
Replay for the World Series could work
Buster Olney...Dodgers The backbone of the Phillies is stars like Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins and Cliff Lee, but what separates Philadelphia this time of year is the incredible quality and depth of its lineup...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster OlneyThere were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
The King becomes a craftsman
Buster OlneyIt wasn't the optimal situation for a new pitching coach to get to know a star pitcher. In spring training, Felix Hernandez was away from the Mariners...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009
Inside another great Colorado run
Buster Olney...come to them with something like that, though." To read about the Rockies' run, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Cliff Lee, plus some possible moves and the rest of Buster Olney's blog, you must be an ESPN...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009
Rice swung and missed on Jeter
Buster OlneyOn a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009
Smoltz and Sox face difficult decisions
Buster Olney...with Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series to the many days competing with Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame someday, perhaps with 212...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2009
The biggest holes for trades to fill
Buster Olney...Heath Bell. It's time to stop thinking of the Marlins as The Little Engine That Could, Greg Stoda writes. Boston Red Sox, mojo. The performance of the back end of their rotation has been...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009
Buehrle's near-perfection, punctuated
Buster OlneyThe tension in the Metrodome thickened in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday night. And after Carlos Gomez fouled out and Nick Punto grounded out,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 29, 2009
The Hall should preserve history, not dodge it
Buster OlneyThe day after Bill Madden wrote a story saying commissioner Bud Selig was thinking seriously about reinstating Pete Rose, there is another story from ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2009
Why Rose can't escape himself
Buster Olney...saves and 33 strikeouts -- and a bunch of teams have checked in with the Indians on Cliff Lee. Each would fetch good return in a trade, some good young prospects who might help a team...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 27, 2009
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