Ultimate '00s trivia
Jayson StarkAs "We Love the '00s Week" winds down here at ESPN.com, it's time for me to fulfill my resident-triviologist duties and present The Ultimate '00s Triv...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009
My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot
Keith LawI don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Bert Bl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...will soon meet with Oswalt, in a get-to-know conversation for Mills, who chatted up Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee last month. The Astros don't have much payroll flexibility to make moves...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise
Buster Olney...and that his bat wasn't in the hitting zone long enough. He liked to watch Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee take batting practice, and he admired how their level swings seem to be...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009
A slimmer Kung Fu Panda is needed
Buster Olney...a Schmidt-like swing. From the left side, he's kind of a similar plane, like Lance Berkman." Said the evaluator: "I like the Berkman comparison. You know, he's big, but he's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2009
Baseball could soon lose a giant
Buster OlneyBobby Cox first mentioned walking away from baseball in the spring of 2008, and when word of this reached Gene Michael, a former teammate and longtime...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Houston Astros
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Houston Astros, who are desperately in need of an intervention.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009
Three Strikes: Albert's trifecta edition
Jayson Stark...has racked up 1,105 RBIs -- versus 1,019 for the next-closest run-driver-inner, Lance Berkman. So the only department in which there's even minor suspense is the batting race. Theoretically...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
The Cy Young cases for Greinke and King Felix
Buster OlneyThis time of year, teams begin to include information in their media dispatches about their various candidates for major awards. The AL Cy Young Award...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009
Giambi helps keep Rockies relaxed, rolling
Buster OlneyMaybe it is Yorvit Torrealba who has earned the honor of wearing Jason Giambi's Golden Thong, after Torrealba's ninth-inning three-run double gave the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2009
Berkman struggling with lack of power
Jason Grey, ESPN.comJason Grey has some notes from this weekend's Astros-Diamondbacks series, including why Lance Berkman has struggled to hit home runs.
Story | Conversation | August 31, 2009
Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir
Buster OlneyHad Scott Kazmir remained with the Tampa Bay Rays for 2010, he likely would have been one member of an elite group of about 50 players in Major League...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009
Three Strikes: Mauer power edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- MAUER POWER DEPT. Joe Mauer woke up Wednesday with a .383 batting average. And you don't often see a number like that on the old leader...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2009
Yadier Molina knows squat
Lindsay Berra, ESPN The MagazineHe may not be Pujols, but the Cardinals' All-Star catcher is definitely the man behind the plate.
Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009
Dodgers dropping back to pack
Buster OlneyI hated the Cincinnati Reds as a kid, because they were the Big Red Machine that seemed to zoom past my own favorite team, the Dodgers, giving me litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009
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