Ohlendorf spending offseason as intern
Associated PressPirates starter Ross Ohlendorf shows up every day at the office for his internship in a kind of throwback to earlier times when baseball players had to supplement their income working offseason jobs.
Story | Conversation | November 27, 2009Ralph Kiner was a pilot before a Pirate
Ralph Kiner (as told to Toby Mergler), Special to Page 2Legendary baseball player and broadcaster Ralph Kiner recalls his days flying planes in World War II.
Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009Six key matchups for Game 6
Buster OlneySix key matchups to watch in Game 6: Chase Utley versus the Yankees' adjustments: The Phillies' second baseman is not missing any fastballs; he is ha...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009
Tigers, Twins and my award picks
Buster Olney...Pavano said. No doubt. For the Twins, this has played out like homecoming weekend at a small college, with so many ex-players returning to Minneapolis for the festivities. Before he pitched Sunday, Pavano chatted...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
King Felix leads list of road warriors
AJ Mass, ESPN.comAJ Mass previews Thursday's MLB action, and says that all the top pitching options are starting on the road.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009Wild night
Bruce Levine, ESPNChicago.comBruce Levine presents a first-person account looking back 25 years when the Chicago Cubs clinched their division title.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009Duensing among unlikely September stars
Buster Olney...be part of Ron Gardenhire's rotation. Pitching for Triple-A Rochester this season, Duensing -- a former college teammate of Alex Gordon and Joba Chamberlain at the University of Nebraska -- posted a 4.66 ERA...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Pittsburgh Pirates
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the traditional demise of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have a really nice ballpark.
Story | Conversation | September 21, 2009
Coghlan living a father's dream
Buster OlneyRoy Silver's phone at work would ring most evenings after the accident, and he knew the teenager on the other end of the line was filled with pain. "A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 20, 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
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Milwaukee Brewers
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Milwaukee Brewers, who -- despite a slugging young core -- fell completely out of the NL Central race.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009
Lost Pirates recharting their course
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comGuaranteed a losing season for the 17th straight year, the Pittsburgh Pirates are asking a perennially weather-beaten fan base to believe in the future.
Story | Conversation | September 07, 2009For a night, Penny is prime currency
Buster OlneyMike 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
Why Greinke should win the Cy Young
Buster OlneyBy the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009
Head of the class
Keith Law, Scouts Inc.With the signing deadline past, Insider's Keith Law ranks the best and worst draft classes.
Story | Conversation | August 19, 2009
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