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
Joe Mauer's Derby power muse
There was a day many years ago when Jim O'Neill had to try to coax Joe Mauer into trying to power the baseball. So a few days ago, O'Neill was surprised by...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2009
The King's growing command (and demand)
Rob Johnson got the assignment to catch Felix Hernandez's last start, and during the course of the game Saturday night in Los Angeles, Johnson and ump...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2009
Deals that might work for the Mets
The Mets have been blasted by an injury tsunami during the past month, and players seemingly have dropped by the hour, from Carlos Delgado to Jose Rey...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 16, 2009
Diagnostics a key to Colorado's surge
Aaron Cook is more of a country-and-western kind of guy, and as a result he didn't have a lot of input when the Rockies made their choices about what ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 15, 2009
Sizing up the 2009 summer leagues
Jason A. Churchill...has produced LHP Brett Cecil (Toronto Blue Jays, No. 38 overall, 2007) and Cleveland Indians RHP Joe Smith (New York Mets, No. 94 overall, 2006), both selected in the top 100. In the NECBL...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 15, 2009
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
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