39 Results for robert kendrick

Heightened pressure now heaped on Teixeira

Buster Olney

So Alex Rodriguez embarks on an uncertain course. The Yankees don't know if he'll be available Opening Day or in May. They don't know if he'll be avai...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 06, 2009

Deion Sanders' thoughts still heard years later

Buster Olney

Lost in the fog of the A-Rod-palooza, I forgot a sacred blog tradition -- to kick off spring training by revisiting a story from many years ago. I do...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 22, 2009

Best free agent fits for Orlando Hudson

...Indians, Asdrubal Cabrera could shift to shortstop and Jhonny Peralta could move to third base. ANGELS Howie Kendrick didn't hit or field well in the first round of the playoffs, in spite of his...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2008

All hands on deck

There are mere hours left in the regular season, and it's all hands on deck, reliever Chad Durbin tells his peers in the Philladelphia bullpen. He mig...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2008

Cubs much different without Zambrano

The Cubs were under the impression that Carlos Zambrano was OK. He had insisted to the Cubs that he was fine, and he had told friends he had nothing m...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2008

What's the criteria for MVP awards?

Carlos Delgado keeps delivering big hits for the Mets, and his emergence and the remarkable performance of CC Sabathia are bound to re-ignite a debate...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2008

A's need offense to back young pitching

The Athletics had a chance to make a big splash before the trade deadline, a chance to trade for Jason Bay. They would have had to surrender a package...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 22, 2008

An injury-filled weekend for several contenders

It was as if a rogue wave of injuries smashed against the contenders this weekend, reaching the Minnesota Twins first, when Michael Cuddyer suffered a...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2008

Eaton-less Phils' rotation still has issues

...towards the end of Goodfellas, where Jimmy Conway [Robert DeNiro] was directing Karen Hill [Lorraine Bracco] into...3-9 with a 5.82 ERA. Kyle Kendrick is 8-5, but has a 4.70...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 28, 2008

What impact will Jennings' decision have?

• The decision of high school All-American Brandon Jennings to skip college and play professional basketball in Europe is not about right and wr...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 11, 2008

Barreling toward maple-bat tragedy

Within hours of a meeting by representatives from Major League Baseball and the players association to discuss the growing concern over shattering ma...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2008

Surprising O's remain focused, competitive

...Jones. Nick Markakis. Radhames Liz. Luke Scott. Jim Johnson. Dennis Sarfate. And some veterans mixed in -- Brian Roberts, myself, Aubrey Huff, and Melvin Mora. I think we have a chance to have five to six...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 19, 2008

Answer for home-field dominance?

We don't think of baseball as a sport with a significant home-field advantage, in the way we view the National Football League and the National Basket...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2008

Things falling into place for Rays

Failure is engrained in baseball, with missed swings and bobbled ground balls and hanging sliders, and for executives, there are the free agent signin...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2008

Gonzalez getting foothold on hitting

Adrian Gonzalez listens and takes bits and pieces from different voices, and the Padres' first baseman has patched together a hitting quilt that gets ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2008