Marlins may handle Johnson as Indians did Lee
Buster Olney...Mike DiGiovanna and Dylan Hernandez. 2. The Rays may reassign Jake McGee to their bullpen, writes Joe Smith, as he comes back from Tommy John surgery. 3. The Pirates' biggest splash could come in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 29, 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
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 Olney...good. Joba Chamberlain pitched much better, so much more aggressively and purposefully you got the feeling manager Joe Girardi and pitching coach Dave Eiland sat down with him and told him he doesn't have...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
The King becomes a craftsman
Buster OlneyIt wasn't the optimal situation for a new pitching coach to get to know a star pitcher. In spring training, Felix Hernandez was away from the Mariners...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 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
Rice 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
Smoltz and Sox face difficult decisions
Buster OlneyAll Boston manager Terry Francona could do was to try to contain the damage the Yankees had done to John Smoltz in the fourth inning Thursday night. A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2009
Nine reasons this NYY-BOS series is pivotal
Buster Olney...of Boston this week has pulled them right back into the race in the AL East, writes Joe Henderson. It's official, writes Gary Shelton: The Rays are in the thick of the playoff chase...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009
The return of baseball's great divide
Buster Olney...12 months, Minnesota probably will come face-to-face with its next great challenge: whether to give Joe Mauer a contract that outstrips the Twins' budget or face losing him to another team. "Every year...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2009
Teahen a part of widespread optimism in K.C.
Buster OlneyMark Teahen's transition to second base began on a Little League field in Peoria, Ariz., in December. He went there with his brother and girlfriend to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009
Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off
Buster OlneyThe fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009
The Tigers must address Cabrera
Buster OlneyPolice reportedly don't know everything that took place inside Miguel Cabrera's home Saturday morning because neither the Tigers' first baseman nor hi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 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 overlooked stars of the season
Buster Olney...and he's got a 92-94 mph fastball with life. Nice job by our scouts, Van Smith and former major leaguer John Vander Wal, who both recommended him highly as the player we should...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009
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