97 Results for scores

New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise

Buster Olney

It was as if Michael Bourn had been staring at the same math equation for months, knowing that the answer was right there in front of him. His batting...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

Buster Olney

Charlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Six key matchups for Game 6

Buster Olney

Six key matchups to watch in Game 6: Chase Utley versus the Yankees' adjustments: The Phillies' second baseman is not missing any fastballs; he is ha...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Baseball's next great economic disparity

Buster Olney

Baseball's financial structure appears to have reached a tipping point that can be defined simply. "The arbitration process is now outdated," said a h...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009

The top matchups of the World Series

Buster Olney

These are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off

Buster Olney

The 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Walk-off wisdom

Buster Olney

...as he saw his line drive split the outfielders, knowing that the tying and winning runs would score. Jeff Mathis had a .211 batting average during the regular season, the lowest for any player in...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009

ALCS Game 2 filled with regrets, redemption

Buster Olney

...Regret: Maicer Izturis throws the ball away in the bottom of the 13th to allow Hairston to score the winning run. Let's make this clear: The weather conditions were awful, the players were bundled...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009

Sabathia giving Yankees whatever they need

Buster Olney

Margie Sabathia flew into New York the other day, and if she and her son held to family tradition late Friday night, they probably spent 15 or 20 minu...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2009

Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off

Buster Olney

The fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Cracks in the AL contenders

Buster Olney

The count was full, the bases were loaded and Brian Fuentes fired a fastball at the lowest part of the strike zone Wednesday night, and when home plat...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Derek Jeter's unbroken contract with fans

Buster Olney

...forced to give statements vetted by lawyers preparing for the possibility of trial. He gets hits and scores runs, and when fans call to him, he answers, and signs thousands and thousands of autographs for...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2009

Smoltz manufactures a comeback

Buster Olney

John Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Rice swung and missed on Jeter

Buster Olney

On a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009

Dodgers dropping back to pack

Buster Olney

...start of school in early September, there was really no point in me waiting for the baseball scores that came right after the farm report on WDEV 550-AM at 7:15. The Dodgers had...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 09, 2009