Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Oakland Athletics
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Oakland Athletics. On the plus side, Aaron Sorkin is rewriting the script for a "Moneyball" movie, which might star Brad Pitt as Billy Beane.
Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Kansas City Royals
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the rapid April-to-late summer decline of the Kansas City Royals in 2009.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009
How the league broke the code
Buster OlneyBob Watson played 19 seasons in the major leagues and was hit by pitches 48 times. He probably had a pretty good idea of when he was hit on purpose an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2009
Baseball's week of U-turns
Buster OlneyThe baseball world has been a place of a lot of U-turns lately: If you pegged the Nationals for fewer than 40 victories in your office pool, well, yo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 10, 2009
The BP Hot Sheet
Baseball ProspectusThe Baseball Prospectus team looks at the pros and cons of various potential waiver-wire deals.
Story | Conversation | August 05, 2009
The Hall should preserve history, not dodge it
Buster OlneyThe day after Bill Madden wrote a story saying commissioner Bud Selig was thinking seriously about reinstating Pete Rose, there is another story from ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2009
Pedro, Duchscherer do rehab outings
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball ProspectusKevin Goldstein has the latest on rehab outings from Pedro Martinez and Justin Duchscherer
Story | Conversation | July 27, 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
The New York Mets' guru problem
Buster OlneyA constant challenge for those who worked for George Steinbrenner when he ran the Yankees was to try to keep track of who had his ear and happened to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 26, 2009
A cheap Halladay alternative
Buster Olney...discussed over the next 10 days by the Phillies and many other teams. Pitcher B is Justin Duchscherer. Those are his numbers from 2008. He has not pitched in 2009 after undergoing an elbow...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2009
Torii Hunter is of a rare breed
Buster Olney...1979, at Cleveland). Hunter had a very good day, Mike DiGiovanna writes. Other Saturday notebook items • Justin Verlander, Edwin Jackson and Rick Porcello have combined for a 2.93 ERA for the Tigers this...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 14, 2009
All eyes on Lidge's, Sizemore's rehab
Stephania Bell, ESPN.comWe lead Tuesday with a few players who went under the knife this week yet hope to return at some point this season. Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2009
Rangers have what it takes to win AL West
A rainbow appeared over Camden Yards on the day Matt Wieters arrived, a black cloud hangs over the Colorado Rockies at a time when they've changed man...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2009
Longoria's stride reminiscent of another masher
...this year, and very soon, Daisuke Matsuzaka will return to the big leagues. Eventually, it figures that Justin Masterson will go back to the Boston bullpen, and that will create the spot in the rotation...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009
Steroids talk kept alive by more than just media
The Little League season began in Southington, Conn., the other day, and the oldest kids in the Southington South Youth Baseball League gathered in th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009
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