19 Results for jeff kent

Zito bolsters Giants' wild-card push

Buster Olney

Remember 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2009

Inside another great Colorado run

Buster Olney

There was gleeful jumping and running and hat-tossing and a pig-pile kind of thing, and this was all taking place about 1,500 miles away from the Litt...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009

Dodgers dropping back to pack

Buster Olney

I 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009

Numbers tell the tale

Buster Olney

Summers belong mostly to the scouts. That is the time of year when they have their greatest influence, when they are the eyes and ears for their organ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 25, 2009

McGwire's brother about as bad as it gets

Buster Olney

A candidate for least interesting story of the year so far, for me, is word that Mark McGwire's brother, Jay, has circulated a book proposal in which ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 23, 2009

Type A free agents face dilemma

Buster Olney

Orlando Cabrera and Jason Varitek and Juan Cruz continue to reside in compensation-pick purgatory, a place where no free agent ever wants to land. It'...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 22, 2009

Shuffling lineup works wonders for Astros

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Putting Mike Lamb back into the starting lineup in Game 3 proved to be a genius move by the Astros, writes Buster Olney.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2005

Yanks-O's battle in Baltimore

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Buster Olney takes a look at Monday's top matchups and the good, the bad, and the ugly from Sunday.

Story | Conversation | June 27, 2005

New face in Boston's doubleheader

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

A look at Sunday's top matchups and the good, the bad and the ugly from Saturday.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2005

Garland tries to deep-six Jays

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

A look at Saturday's top matchups and the good, the bad and the ugly from Friday.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2005

Yankees begin on top

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Ranking the teams from 1-30 as spring training gets under way.

Story | Conversation | February 18, 2005

Around the National League

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

What must go right, what could go wrong? A team-by-team look at the National League.

Story | Conversation | February 16, 2005

Money Players

Buster Olney

They got the cash, but which free agents will find true happiness?

ESPN Insider Story | January 18, 2005

Top 10 LCS matchups

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

The Top 10 key confrontations that will likely decide the Red Sox-Yankees and Astros-Cardinals series'.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2004

Doggone tough days ahead

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

The dog days of August are when we find out who rules the porch and who bites during the pennant races.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2004