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
Three Strikes: Award-winning edition
Jayson StarkStrike One -- Albert's Eight-Ball Dept. As you contemplate the greatness of Albert Pujols, don't measure him just by the three MVP awards he's won. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Obstacles to a World Series rematch
Buster OlneyCharlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
Five thoughts from the Fall Classic
Peter Gammons...pitcher controls the game. And that the pitcher should work on his chosen tempo, a practice Greg Maddux followed -- and it's why he loved working with catcher Eddie Perez because Maddux said "Eddie...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese are 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 f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
Three Strikes: For Series opener, a pair of Cys
Jayson Stark...time it happened? No, not Koufax-Ford or Gibson-McLain or Seaver-Palmer. It was 1995 -- Greg Maddux (Braves) versus Orel Hershiser (Indians). We've had other World Series openers that matched past Cy...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009
A new chapter for Lee and Sabathia
Buster OlneyThe old friends pitched against each other in the first game ever at new Yankee Stadium back in April, and then afterward, CC Sabathia took Cliff Lee ...
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
A "Major League" move by the Padres
Buster Olney...Greene to St. Louis; and he did not spend serious money to replace Randy Wolf nor Greg Maddux, who had been dealt during the year. He tried to trade Jake Peavy, but while those...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009
Three Strikes: History in the unmaking edition
Jayson Stark...Hoyt Wilhelm, Warren Spahn) 1960s: 18 1970s: 9 1980s: 2 (Dwight Gooden, Orel Hershiser) 1990s: 3 (Greg Maddux, Jose Rijo, Martinez) 2000s: 0 STRIKE TWO -- ALL SWEPT UP DEPT. It's hard to have...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2009
Hot and cold Chicago-style Sammich Awards
Jayson StarkGet out the whole-wheat kaisers, grandma. It's time once again to salute the most sandwich-worthy feats of the last week. But first, let's present the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009
Sandwich Awards: Phillips hits through the pain
Jayson Stark...so Hamels was the first to throw a shutout and pull off a straight steal since Greg Maddux did it (as a Cub) on June 18, 1988. Most amazing of all: Hamels was the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 04, 2009
Sandwich Awards: Phillies trio has the munchies
Jayson Stark...8, 1996, when the Braves did it against the Rockies, in games started by Steve Avery, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine. • Last time a Phillies team did that: June 4-6, 1976, against...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 21, 2009
The Insider: Shunning onside kicks
Peter Keating, ESPN The MagazineAs Ryan McGee learns for his August 10 ESPN The Magazine profile of Jamaica's Usain Bolt, the toughest thing about being the world's fastest man is staying ahead of the expectations.
Story | Conversation | August 19, 2009
PTI : Leaving on Assignment
The Boston Red Sox have designated Smoltz for assignment, one day after he was tagged for eight runs and nine hits in a 13-6 loss to the Yankees.
Video | August 07, 2009
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