Lee's calm is the Yankees' storm
Buster Olney...naturally, Lee reached behind his back to snag the grounder and made the throw, and as the Phillies' infielders chuckled, Lee smiled, too, and shrugged. No big deal. When Lee finished off one of the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009
Fans pick Yanks to win it all
Associated PressMost fans in one poll think the Yankees will win the World Series this year.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009McGwire has a road map, but also a guide
Buster OlneyWe saw again Sunday night an example of how others have talked about their past use of performance-enhancing drugs and moved on. Yankees pitcher Andy ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009
A game filled with crossroads
Buster OlneyThe moment Nick Swisher lifted the ball over the infield, Angels reliever Brian Fuentes shot his arm into the air, that arm driven by the exultation o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009
A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off
Buster OlneyThe camera in center field caught the full picture of Alex Rodriguez on Tuesday night, present and past. As Rodriguez turned and blasted his fifth hom...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster Olney...as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitters. The Phillies have a murderers' row of left-handed hitters, with Chase Utley, Ryan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster Olney...B. Bucknor missed two calls on tag plays. There were multiple missed umpiring calls in the Colorado-Philadelphia series, as well. But here's the difference between the mistakes made by the players and the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 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
Why the Yankees are now firing on all cylinders
Buster Olney*Following this post, Buster will be taking a one week break to work on another project, and perhaps even play some King of the Mountain. He'll be bac...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2009
Baseball's week of U-turns
Buster OlneyThe baseball world has been a place of a lot of U-turns lately: If you pegged the Nationals for fewer than 40 victories in your office pool, well, yo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 10, 2009
Why White Sox might want Rios
Buster OlneySome team has claimed Alex Rios on waivers and will know by early Tuesday afternoon whether he will become theirs, and there is lots of evidence that ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2009
A special kind of selfishness
Buster OlneyAs players headed into spring training in 2003, they knew they would be tested for performance-enhancing drugs. They knew how much was at stake for th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 31, 2009
Rest one way to try and get struggling players back on right track
ESPN.com...time. By Eric Young, ESPN We're seeing two former MVPs (the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez and the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins) dealing with slumps, and their teams are dealing with these slumps by giving their superstars...
Page | ConversationPayrolls drop 1.7 percent from '08
Associated PressTeams cut payrolls for their active rosters and disabled lists by $47 million from Opening Day in 2008 to the first day of this season, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. That comes out to a drop of 1.7 percent.
Story | Conversation | April 08, 2009BP Daily: Bargains and boondoggles
Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusIt's time to take stock of those players in the 2009 season who are giving their teams full bang for their buck and then some, as opposed to those players who are delivering a lot less than you expect for what it took to bring them in.
Story | Conversation | March 30, 2009
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