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Who 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
Sabathia giving Yankees whatever they need
Buster Olney...has made adjustments and changes when necessary. He has worked on tempering his own internal engine (something Clayton Kershaw will do, eventually), because it sometimes sidelined him. He refined his changeup, and began employing a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2009
How the Yankees can slow the Angels
Buster OlneyThe Yankees' internal conversation about how to slow down the Angels' running game in this postseason started a little while back -- before spring tra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster OlneyHere's what I see as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitte...
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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009
Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine
Buster Olney...focusing on on-base percentage and pitch counts, and along those lines, he saw the value in John Olerud even after Olerud stopped contending for batting titles. He was the first manager I ever heard...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009
Derek Jeter's unbroken contract with fans
Buster OlneyDerek Jeter finished playing catch with Robinson Cano in front of the Yankees' dugout early Monday afternoon, about 10 minutes before the first pitch ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 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 player with the New York Yankees. Strawberry didn't pl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009
Inside another great Colorado run
Buster OlneyThere was gleeful jumping and running and hat-tossing and a pig-pile kind of thing, and this was all taking place about 1,500 miles away from the Litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009
Why the Yankees are now firing on all cylinders
Buster Olney*Following this post, Buster will be taking a one week break to work on another project, and perhaps even play some King of the Mountain. He'll be bac...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2009
Dodgers dropping back to pack
Buster OlneyI hated the Cincinnati Reds as a kid, because they were the Big Red Machine that seemed to zoom past my own favorite team, the Dodgers, giving me litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009
The return of baseball's great divide
Buster Olney...a possible shift in the other direction, back toward the world of haves and have-nots that John Helyar described so brilliantly in "Lords of the Realm." There have been no recent changes to baseball...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2009
Trade deadline ripples
Buster Olney...the Marlins, who at least have lots of talent. During the past year, the ugly divorce of John Moores from the Padres has forced them to conduct a garage sale, unloading almost all of their...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 02, 2009
The biggest holes for trades to fill
Buster Olney...example of how this can take a toll: Clayton Kershaw was outstanding Wednesday night, but the L...in prospects and money. Los Angeles Angels, pitching. John Lackey also is lobbying for the Angels to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009
Why Rose can't escape himself
Buster OlneyMLB commissioner Bud Selig is said to be seriously mulling a pardon for Pete Rose, Bill Madden writes. A pardon would clear the way for Rose to make i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 27, 2009
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