Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...at catcher, third base and shortstop. Heard this: At least one team that has asked about Adrian Gonzalez has been told that he's not available at this time. Tim Sullivan doesn't think the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Rice swung and missed on Jeter
Buster OlneyOn a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009
Palmeiro's swing 'fluid' from start to finish
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineRafael Palmeiro, the newest member of the 3,000 Hit Club, has a swing that's beautiful and produces great power.
Story | Conversation | July 16, 2005Around the American League
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineWhat must go right, what could go wrong? A team-by-team look at the American League.
Story | Conversation | February 14, 2005Guillen finally living up to potential
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineThe Mariners made it clear they didn't want Carlos Guillen. Now he's making it clear Seattle made a mistake.
Story | Conversation | July 09, 2004Home improvement
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineAfter filling most of their holes, the Padres think they can win -- now.
Story | Conversation | December 10, 2003
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineAfter filling most of their holes, the Padres think they can win -- now.
Story | Conversation | December 07, 2003
Free agency to be buyers' market
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineKeith Foulke posted an AL-leading 43 saves last season, but he's not necessarily well-positioned for free agency.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2003Sweating the details
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazinePostseason success often comes down to scouting. That means knowing your opponent better than they do.
Story | Conversation | September 18, 2003Doing the Waive
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineDeadline? What deadline? July 31 is just a speed bump for GMs looking to deal.
Story | Conversation | August 08, 2003
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster Olney...a top pick to sign him, and that could greatly affect the market for him the way Juan Cruz's market was wrecked this past winter by attachment to the Type A albatross. Wagner is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 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
Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine
Buster OlneyBobby Valentine's first full season as manager of the Mets was 1997, a year in which I took a job with The New York Times, and I covered him for just ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009
Type A positive
Buster OlneyJason Varitek and Juan Cruz found themselves boxed into a maze of...is that Mark DeRosa, Billy Wagner and Mike Gonzalez might be the players hurt by their Type...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 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
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