For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt'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
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
Smoltz manufactures a comeback
Buster OlneyJohn Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009
Torii Hunter is of a rare breed
Buster OlneyTorii Hunter's three-homer game Saturday is a rarity. He is the 11th player in Angels history to hit three home runs in a game and the first since Gar...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 14, 2009
Rizzo might clean up the Nationals' roster mess
Buster Olney...fielder, not a center fielder. (He is settling in as the center fielder, Ben Goessling writes.) Elijah Dukes, OF ($415,500): His talent is staggering. So are his off-the-field concerns. Dukes put up...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2009
Baseball's strengthening code of conduct
Buster Olney...Tampa Bay Rays. After the 2007 season, the Rays moved to trade outfielders Delmon Young and Elijah Dukes. Other Rays felt Young simply was on his own program, conducted himself with sense of entitlement, and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009
Positions of interest among NL teams
Buster OlneyAs a natural follow to Wednesday's look at some American League roster and lineup situations that need to be fleshed out, here's a similar look at the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2009
Doctor says Griffey now in much better shape
Buster OlneyKen Griffey Jr. talked with his doctor about possibly having his left knee fixed midway through last season...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 03, 2009
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