Duval enjoys ordinary round
Jason Sobel...you've probably figured out that this up-and-comer isn't a young fella like Johnson Wagner or Anthony Kim (perhaps the headline tipped you off?), but rather former top-ranked player David...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 18, 2007
The (condensed) Weekly 18
Jason Sobel...have to carry a media guide with me at all times. 5. Nationwide Tour money leaders Johnson Wagner, Craig Bowden and Jeff Quinney have to be licking their chops right now. Each of last...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2006
Seattle balances cash with caution
Buster OlneyA year ago, it was the Yankees who began the winter with their pockets full of cash, ready to spend on the best free agents, and after locking up CC S...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009
Roberto Alomar's brilliance still on display
Buster OlneyYou say you are young, and didn't see Roberto Alomar play? No problem. You get a chance to witness the brilliance of Roberto Alomar just about every ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009
Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster Olney...Carlos Delgado NYM (B) Nomar Garciaparra OAK Jason Giambi COL Ross Gload FLA Aubrey Huff DET Nick Johnson WAS (B) Adam LaRoche ATL (B) Kevin Millar TOR Robb Quinlan LAA Matt Stairs PHI Mike Sweeney...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...Sullivan doesn't think the timing is right for the Padres to move him. Heard this: Billy Wagner could help to overcome his Type A status by reducing his asking price so much that some...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
The free agent do-call list
Buster OlneyThe free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
The Spawn of 'Moneyball'
Buster OlneyAn American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
And the inaugural HOF class is ...
Ryan McGee...Hall of Fame's first class, in 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson. When Cy Young doesn't make the cut, you know it's a tough group...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 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
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
Cracks in the AL contenders
Buster OlneyThe count was full, the bases were loaded and Brian Fuentes fired a fastball at the lowest part of the strike zone Wednesday night, and when home plat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009
Why Greinke should win the Cy Young
Buster Olney...a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to pitch in a meaningful game in his life. He has yet to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009
Payroll gambles, Manny and the Kennedys
Peter Gammons...their combined 6.24 ERA pays for Billy Wagner. (By the way, Department of Labor statistics showed...possible. Yes, the Marlins did go get Nick Johnson, but the Nationals had to pick up salary...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009
How Wagner shifted the market
Buster OlneySometime Tuesday morning, the reality of Billy Wagner's circumstances broadsided him. Regardless of whether he stayed with the Mets or not, Wagner almost certainly...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009
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