One of many
Buster OlneyA boy waits for the rumbling sound of an old blue car to climb through the maple trees, and right after he hears it he can see through the barn window...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2009
The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster OlneyExecutives and agents packed their bags and boarded planes in Chicago, thinking about what they had seen and heard over the previous 48 hours, such as...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Is Mattingly in line to succeed Torre?
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineWhile it would be premature to say Don Mattingly is regarded as the heir apparent to Dodgers manager Joe Torre, there may come a day when he will emerge as the leading candidate to replace Torre.
Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009Who will take the fall?
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineClutch players make or break any MLB team's postseason run. Buster Olney examines which traits are key in being a clutch performer in October.
Story | Conversation | October 20, 2009
How the Yankees can slow the Angels
Buster Olney...and managers by charging around the bases aggressively and compelling their rivals to make mistakes. Yankees manager Joe Girardi doesn't want his pitchers preoccupied with the Angels' runners, such as Chone Figgins; rather, he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster Olney...they all are very good at hitting left-handed pitching. But late in games, Dodgers manager Joe Torre will summon his left-handed relievers, who are two of the best against left-handed hitters...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
Kershaw is the great X factor
Buster OlneyThe first inning that Clayton Kershaw threw in the major leagues lasted 32 pitches. He was 20 years old at the time, working too quickly, and learning...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009
La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster Olney...regular season. Maybe the Cardinals would have come home riding a different wave, and taken out Joe Torre's team. Or maybe the Los Angeles Dodgers would've beaten them anyway. In any event...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
Tigers, Twins and my award picks
Buster OlneyCarl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had won a game they had to win, after t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
Baseball could soon lose a giant
Buster Olney...and doesn't overwhelm them with rules or his own ego. What has enabled Cox and Joe Torre to last as managers, I've always felt, is that they like players; they like people...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 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
Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition
Buster OlneyJoe Torre loved having Darryl Strawberry on his bench in the days when the two were manager and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009
Seven possibilities for a Mets front man
Buster OlneyOrdinary news briefings have become public-relations disasters for the New York Mets, writes Ben Shpigel, and members of the team's ownership have end...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009
Baseball's week of U-turns
Buster Olney...The previous record of five was shared by Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez (2005), Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio (1936), and Gehrig and Babe Ruth (1927). Rodriguez, whose 15th-inning home run broke up a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 10, 2009
Dodgers dropping back to pack
Buster Olney...system with the rest of the NL West. Pete Rose would throw out 200 hits every year, Joe Morgan was the best all-around player, Johnny Bench was the biggest star in the game, Tony...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009
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