Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Pujols wins third MVP
Associated PressAlbert Pujols is the unanimous winner of the National League MVP award, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster OlneyThe Tigers are in cost-cutting mode and they are willing to discuss a possible trade of Miguel Cabrera, writes Lynn Henning. Set aside, for a momen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Blaming Scioscia for Angels' exit
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...move Chone Figgins down this month than for Larry Dierker to have moved Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell down, amid all their October struggles. Or to have moved Willie Mays down, or Joe Morgan...
Blog | October 26, 2009Is A-Rod the new Mr. Autumn?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...his character or his abilities, any more than Willie Mays' .337 postseason slugging percentage or Jeff Bagwell's .226 postseason batting average tells us anything about theirs. Neither Mays nor Bagwell had...
Blog | October 12, 2009Best (and worst) of the playoff rotations
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comIf the road to a World Series title is paved with starting pitching, which teams are in the best shape to make a run in October?
Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009Baseball 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
Baseball's all-time 'train-wreck' seasons
David Schoenfield, ESPN.comThe 2009 Mets have company as one of several teams in baseball history that have had "train-wreck" seasons -- disastrous results despite high hopes.
Story | Conversation | September 03, 2009Zito bolsters Giants' wild-card push
Buster OlneyRemember when Barry Zito tried to remake his mechanics, when he showed up to his first spring training with the Giants intent on improving his velocit...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2009
Bagwell gets LL award, talks steroid list
Associated PressFormer Houston Astros slugger Jeff Bagwell is tired of hearing about the list of 104 players who allegedly tested positive during baseball's 2003 survey of steroid use.
Story | Conversation | August 27, 2009Rice 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
Hitting HR, missing ASG
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...95, Karros was aced out by Fred McGriff and Mark Grace; in '99, by McGwire, Jeff Bagwell, and Sean Casey. McGriff, Grace, McGwire and Bagwell were all demonstrably better players than Karros. Casey...
Blog | July 13, 2009MC: Super redux
I'm saving my Super Bowl thoughts for Friday, but I did want to mention the unfortunate two-week break. The NFL season has a certain rhythm: 17 weeks ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 31, 2006MC: World Series comedy
...Broncos game and McCarver said something nice about Eli Manning right before the final play?) • Jeff Bagwell getting the charity start in Game 1, with predictable results. Vaguely reminscent of McNamara leaving Buckner...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2005Dodgers dropping back to pack
Buster OlneyI hated the Cincinnati Reds as a kid, because they were the Big Red Machine that seemed to zoom past my own favorite team, the Dodgers, giving me litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009
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