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For one night, Ordonez worth the cost

Buster Olney

It's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009

Boston velocity versus Anaheim speed

Buster Olney

...on-base percentage. It remains to be seen how sound the Boston pitching is, of course, with Josh Beckett having been scratched because of back spasms Monday, and with Jon Lester on the mend after...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009

Duensing among unlikely September stars

Buster Olney

The 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

Cracks in the AL contenders

Buster Olney

...out how to do damage control once a couple of guys get on base against him, and Josh Beckett has been pitching in the lower third of the strike zone in recent starts, rather than...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Gonzalez likely sticking with Padres

Maybe 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 te...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 07, 2009

For a night, Penny is prime currency

Buster Olney

Mike Krukow, half of the Giants' broadcast team, said it best about Brad Penny in the seventh or eighth inning of the pitcher's debut with San Francis...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2009

A different kind of 'Big D' in Texas

Matt Meyers, ESPN The Magazine

Many have pinned the Rangers' improvement to a better pitching staff, but not all the credit rests on the mound. The team's defense has vastly improved as well.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Don't mess with Texas

Tim Keown, ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine's September 7 issue profiles the Texas Rangers under the guide of president Nolan Ryan, who have abandoned the thinking on pitch counts and, in the process, developed a muscle on the mound that is guiding them towards the playoffs.

Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009

BP Daily: The future of Mark Reynolds

Jay Jaffe, Baseball Prospectus

Baseball Prospectus examines Arizona Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds, dismissed by some as a big whiffer (204 K last year) with subpar defense. Not so fast: He could develop as one of the NL's more complete players over time.

Story | Conversation | August 21, 2009