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Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Money talks, but baseball won't listen
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comDid the Yankees buy a World Series celebration? Their money didn't hurt, but that $207 million payroll is the least of baseball's competitive-balance problems.
Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster Olney...player like Teahen must contribute big numbers, or he becomes a luxury item that must be pawned. J.J. Hardy will make about $7 million next season, which is why the Brewers are well on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster OlneyHere's what I see as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
Porcello's fastball will be his tell
Buster OlneyRick Porcello's fastball will be his tell Tuesday, a longtime scout said Monday. A poker player might betray something with the way he shifts in his c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009
Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine
Buster OlneyBobby Valentine's first full season as manager of the Mets was 1997, a year in which I took a job with The New York Times, and I covered him for just ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009
The final weekend
AJ Mass, ESPN.comAJ Mass ranks the starting pitchers and looks for the matchups to exploit and avoid in the final weekend of the season.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009
The catch heard 'round the Rockies
Buster OlneyThere were no tangible advantages working in favor of Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes in the ninth inning late Sunday afternoon as he turned to pu...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009
Sox-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
Baseball could soon lose a giant
Buster OlneyBobby Cox first mentioned walking away from baseball in the spring of 2008, and when word of this reached Gene Michael, a former teammate and longtime...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 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
The Cubs share in Bradley's failure
Buster OlneyThe Cubs finally had had enough with Milton Bradley, who almost certainly will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is ready to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
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