Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster OlneyThe latest seismic rumbling probably hit the baseball landscape early Thursday morning -- probably before all the champagne-soaked Yankees reached the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
A game filled with crossroads
Buster Olney...for them, Stan Hochman writes. Seasoned umpires will be working the World Series.) Top of the sixth: John Lackey, the Angels' starter, is cruising, dominating the Yankees with his breaking pitches, using them more than...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009
Replay for the World Series could work
Buster Olney...to throw out some silly red challenge flag -- just get it right. If an umpire such as John Hirshbeck were to oversee the replay booth during the World Series, he could be in communication with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 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
Porcello's fastball will be his tell
Buster OlneyRick Porcello's fastball will be his tell Tuesday, a longtime scout said Monday. A poker player might betray something with the way he shifts in his c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 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
A "Major League" move by the Padres
Buster Olney...review the events of the past 15 months in San Diego: With the divorce of Padres owner John Moores getting very ugly, the team's front office was ordered to do a "Friday The 13th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009
For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster Olney...battle, Tom Gage writes. Said Ron Gardenhire of Verlander: "He's a stud." Why Verlander won, from John Fisher and Matt Lyon of ESPN Stats & Information: It was his sixth start this season with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 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 OlneyIt is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
Baseball could soon lose a giant
Buster Olney...up pitching seven scoreless innings as Detroit beat Cleveland. Gerald Laird is catching playoff fever, as John Lowe writes. • As the Twins took the field in Chicago on Tuesday, they were already aware...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 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 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
A somber celebration in Detroit
Buster OlneyErnie Harwell will chat with his extended family tonight, from a baseball field in Detroit, and Al Kaline has a pretty good idea of what he will say. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009
Gonzalez likely sticking with Padres
...rock bottom for the Padres was the day that Trevor Hoffman left, or maybe it was when John Moores acknowledged that he was trying to sell the team. Or maybe rock bottom came at the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 07, 2009
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