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The Texas Rangers put out a statement on behalf of Nolan Ryan the other day, words issued to say that words had been issued, to address the impasse that has developed between the club's owners and Ryan over the last two weeks. The words: ...

Blog | March 12, 2013

Nolan Ryan is apparently annoyed about Jon Daniels' new title and he isn't talking. Buster Olney wonders, What does Ryan want?

Blog | Conversation | March 12, 2013

Players and executives within baseball quietly suspect that PED use is again on the rise, and it might be up to the players to take a stronger stand.

Blog | Conversation | November 08, 2012

Dave Cameron of FanGraphs takes a look at how Joey Votto could break one of the most untouchable records in baseball.

Story | Conversation | June 22, 2012

As I watched Josh Hamilton's fourth home run leave Camden Yards last night, I couldn't help but be taken back to Sept. 7, 1993, when Mark Whiten hit four home runs against my Cincinnati Reds. I was 32, a rookie general manager and interim president a...

Blog | May 09, 2012

Matt Meyers writes that the Texas Rangers might be better off not signing Japanese free agent Yu Darvish, and they have other options if they don't.

Story | Conversation | January 13, 2012

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A few bits of confetti stuck to Nolan Ryan's shoes, and he had to raise his voice above the celebration that was lingering in the stands on Saturday night. "We really weren't surprised when we found out Cliff Lee was si...

Blog | October 16, 2011

Buster Olney writes that the Texas Rangers advanced to the World Series on a series of shrewd moves after missing out on Cliff Lee in the offseason. Plus, notes from the NLCS and other news from around MLB.

Blog | Conversation | October 16, 2011

While talking to Texas Rangers president and CEO Nolan Ryan yesterday, he intimated to me that when his team missed out on signing Cliff Lee last offseason, it had to switch to Plan B. He and his staff identified the best way to improve the Rangers' ...

Blog | October 12, 2011

On one of his first days with the Rangers, Mike Adams turned a corner and walked into the clubhouse manager's office, and there, sitting on the couch, was someone who filled a poster that was on Adams' wall as a kid -- Nolan Ryan. "I was a...

Blog | August 11, 2011

Buster Olney writes that Mike Adams, a Texas native who grew up watching Nolan Ryan, is re-adjusting to life in his home state since his trade to the Rangers. Adams will be critical to the Rangers' success down the stretch.

Blog | Conversation | August 11, 2011

The Texas Rangers face a difficult decision with rising star Neftali Feliz -- should he start or relieve? Matt Meyers writes that the Rangers should use a Yankees' plan, but instead of the flawed "Joba Rules", he looks back to the Goose Gossage era.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2011

Dan Szymborski took the ZiPS projection model to the new fab four -- Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt. Each should win at least 15 games in 2011; it could be the third-best staff in MLB since 1993. 1971 Orioles, get nervous...

Story | Conversation | December 14, 2010

Buster Olney examines the free agency options for the Texas Rangers, Derek Jeter's salary negotiations and more in the Thanksiving edition of his blog.

Blog | Conversation | November 25, 2010

Buster Olney examines the magical season of the Texas Rangers, along with analyzing the NLCS and providing the usual links.

Blog | Conversation | October 23, 2010

Now that the ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan is in place for the Texas Rangers, the next franchise presumably moving to the front burner for Major League Baseball will be the Oakland Athletics. The Athletics' current lea...

Blog | August 13, 2010