La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster OlneyNobody will know how the St. Louis Cardinals' season might have ended if the third out hadn't escaped them in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
A "Major League" move by the Padres
Buster OlneyIf you're looking for a CliffsNotes version of what has happened in San Diego, just flip on the movie "Major League." To review the events of the pas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009
Type A positive
Buster OlneyJason Varitek and Juan Cruz found themselves boxed into a maze of baseball rules and regulations last winter, walled in by circumstance. But they prob...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
A somber celebration in Detroit
Buster OlneyErnie Harwell will chat with his extended family tonight, from a baseball field in Detroit, and Al Kaline has a pretty good idea of what he will say. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009
Three Strikes: Break up the Rockies edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- CAN'T STOP THE ROCK DEPT. I was talking about those rampaging Colorado Rockies this week with an executive of another club. And he got ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009
Smoltz manufactures a comeback
Buster OlneyJohn Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009
PTI : Don't Compare Us
Ryan Church does not appreciate the history of negative comments from his former manager Jerry Manuel, concerning the recovery of players with concussions.
Video | August 19, 2009
PTI : Happy Ann'y, Willie Randolph!
Willie Randolph was fired by the Mets on this day last year.
Video | June 16, 2009
Church struggling against hard fastballs
Special to ESPN.comRyan Church has become less effective against hard fastballs since suffering two concussions last season.
Story | Conversation | May 22, 2009
Debate the NL East with Jayson Stark!
...debate about which of these teams is better, there's no doubt who's hotter. Since Jerry Manuel became their manager, the Mets are 19-12. They've averaged more than six runs a...
Chat | July 21, 2008
Money for nothin'
Buster OlneyThe largest pure salary dump in Major League Baseball history was concluded Monday evening, when Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi info...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009
The familiar angle on Houston's surge
Buster Olney...the Astros on Sunday, as Jesus Ortiz writes. Leading off To see Buster's take on Jerry Manuel, where Brad Penny should be traded, plus extensive news, notes and analysis from around MLB, you...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2009
Jays must trade Halladay now
Buster OlneyA whole bunch of baseball people traveled to Toronto this weekend to watch Roy Halladay pitch, as Ken Fidlin writes. It's a sure sign of a robust mark...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 19, 2009
Ranking the NL's easiest roads to the postseason
Buster OlneyHere's the ranking of strength of schedule in the second half in the NL. It's great news if you're a fan of the Brewers or the Dodgers or the Marlins,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2009
Brett Anderson finds another gear
A's pitcher Brett Anderson will glance at the ballpark radar gun after throwing off-speed pitches, using the readings to give him some sense of whethe...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 12, 2009
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