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 3, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 7, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 6, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 4, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
Signability still an MLB draft trump card
When the "Baseball Tonight" producers turned the mikes on for Keith Law and Aaron Fitt of Baseball America on Tuesday night and asked them about possi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
Why Jake Peavy could go to the White Sox
Jake Peavy met with San Diego manager Bud Black after the Padres' game Wednesday to discuss a possible deal with the White Sox, Tom Krasovic writes. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
Early trade winds for Boston and Milwaukee
Some executives report that in the past couple of weeks, they've started the process of defining their own team's needs, of glancing over the rosters ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
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 1, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
If you thought winter was weird ...
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comIt sure has been one weird winter, which can mean only one thing: It's going to be one weird spring.
Story | Conversation | February 12, 2009Mets must manage bullpen better
Matt Meyers, ESPN The MagazineAdding Francisco Rodriguez and J.J. Putz will help the Mets' bullpen, but manager Jerry Manuel still must learn how to better use his new weapons.
Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009
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