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ALCS Game 2 filled with regrets, redemption

Buster Olney

The Yankees and Angels played through 13 innings, 432 pitches and 310 minutes (not to mention 6,980 meetings between Yankees catcher Jose Molina and h...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009

How the Yankees can slow the Angels

Buster Olney

...to do. The more that Eiland recalled about the strategy session, the more he sounded like an NFL coordinator discussing the importance of disguising defenses. In short, the Yankees believe that the pitchers must not...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars

Buster Olney

It is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009

The overlooked stars of the season

Buster Olney

Zack Greinke is battling for the Cy Young Award, and that standing has hoisted him out of the second division and into the national conversation. Simi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009

Why Holliday could end up a rental

Buster Olney

As the summer's trade season played out, rival executives came away from conversations with the Cardinals believing St. Louis wasn't in position to ta...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009

How teams can learn from the Marlins

Buster Olney

Ricky Nolasco came into the season projected to be a leader of one of the best young rotations in the majors. On May 22, Nolasco gave up eight runs ov...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2009

Rice swung and missed on Jeter

Buster Olney

...today is much, much tougher than it was then, and that the game is called differently. The NFL team I rooted for as a kid, the Minnesota Vikings, had 220-pound defensive linemen, and when...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009

How the league broke the code

Buster Olney

Bob 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2009

System failure

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

For small-market teams, the June draft is broken. Here are a few ways to fix it.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 16, 2009

30 is the new 40

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

In the post-steroids era, the battle is on to stockpile the best young talent

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 14, 2009

Full Pitcher

Buster Olney

Ben Sheets is a fan, just like you are. But then you aren't the ace every team needs

Story | Conversation | December 16, 2008

Managers would not initiate instant replay under current plan

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

In an instant replay plan currently being considered by MLB, video review of disputed calls would take place at a central location and would be the responsibility of the umpire crew chief at each game, according to a memo obtained by ESPN The Magazine.

Story | Conversation | June 14, 2008

Podium-palooza in New York

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

How the day unfolded at Shea and Yankee stadiums, where New York's newest stars were on display.

Story | Conversation | January 11, 2005

Las Vegas Expos not such a longshot

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Major League Baseball might be warming up to the idea of relocating its vagabond franchise to the desert.

Story | Conversation | January 26, 2004