Chat with Jack Beckman
...cancer survivor, sits fifth in the points standings in Funny Car, only 40 points behind leader Ron Capps. With six events remaining, Beckman has earned two wins in 2007 - in Denver and Seattle. When...
Chat | August 28, 2007
Type A positive
Buster OlneyJason Varitek and Juan Cruz found themselves boxed into a maze of baseball rules and regulations last winter, walled in by circumstance. But they prob...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
Seven possibilities for a Mets front man
Buster OlneyOrdinary news briefings have become public-relations disasters for the New York Mets, writes Ben Shpigel, and members of the team's ownership have end...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 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
Some teams reluctant to part with prospects
Peter GammonsWhether it's the Philadelphia gang that Toronto requires for Roy Halladay, or Clay Buchholz that the Indians insist upon for Victor Martinez, or the g...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2009
The Manny candidacy gains steam
A few years back, "American Idol" had a contestant named Sanjaya Malakar, and when he sang it was evident that he probably was not the most qualified ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009
Ten strong but under-the-radar starts
Ten strong starts that are going under the radar: 1. Roy Halladay, Blue Jays. He is the epitome of a leader, particularly during this stretch, when h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2009
Joe Mauer's prowess isn't just with the bat
...month, when Mauer was on the disabled list with inflammation in his lower back, Anderson told Manager Ron Gardenhire that while he understood the catcher was an elite hitter, what he really was looking forward...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2009
Is Strasburg the best prospect ever?
Buster OlneySo just how good is Stephen Strasburg, the San Diego State right-hander who is regarded as the No. 1 talent in this year's draft? "The best I've eve...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2009
Yankee Stadium a true treasure
This, in all likelihood, is the last day baseball will be played in Yankee Stadium, and some players, managers and coaches have shared their thoughts ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2008
Playing with Numbers: Discussing pitchers' values
AJ Mass, Special to ESPN.comAJ Mass follows up last week's column on hitters' values by discussing the value of pitchers.
Story | Conversation | August 11, 2008
Playing with Numbers: The 'real' value of relief pitchers
AJ Mass, ESPN.comAJ Mass looks at how reliable relief pitchers can be by analyzing how well they can keep runners from scoring.
Story | Conversation | July 08, 2008
Going deeper in the count with Webb
The concept was simple: Spend five days side-by-side with a starting pitcher as he prepares for a forthcoming start. Arizona right-hander Brandon Webb...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2008
Ziegler delivering in A's bullpen
...mechanics properly aligned. As Ziegler tried to burn the muscle memory of the delivery into his body, Ron Romanick, then the Oakland pitching coordinator and now the team's bullpen coach, felt it was important...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 01, 2008
Lester getting better all the time
After Jon Lester was diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 2006, the folks for whom Jon Lester works began evaluating him in two different ways -- fi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 20, 2008
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