Cashman casts praise far and wide
Buster OlneyAs the Yankees' players hopped happily in the middle of the infield late Wednesday, in the first moments after winning the World Series, plastic glass...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009
A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off
Buster Olney...present and past. As Rodriguez turned and blasted his fifth homer of the postseason, there was agent Scott Boras, peeking over A-Rod's shoulder, standing in his private box, right in the middle of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster Olney...a pitch over the middle of the plate Wednesday, and it got crushed by Matt Kemp. Carlos Gomez cost the Twins on Friday with an egregious baserunning error. And, of course, Matt Holliday made an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition
Buster OlneyJoe Torre loved having Darryl Strawberry on his bench in the days when the two were manager and player with the New York Yankees. Strawberry didn't pl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009
Buehrle's near-perfection, punctuated
Buster Olney...tension in the Metrodome thickened in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday night. And after Carlos Gomez fouled out and Nick Punto grounded out, the home crowd murmured uncomfortably, because Mark Buehrle was doing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 29, 2009
Jays must trade Halladay now
Buster Olney...this is what the Twins wound up taking for the best pitcher on the planet: • Carlos Gomez, who in his third year in the big leagues remains a project. At age 23, he is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 19, 2009
Sorting through the AL scheduling
Buster OlneyTen notables from the American League schedule: 1. The Indians are looking at a meat grinder early in the year: In the first two months and one day o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 02, 2009
Holliday likely to be next free-agent prize
Buster OlneyMatt Holliday is set to become a free agent in the fall, and Oakland will not re-sign him. For the Athletics, a team with a modest payroll, an investm...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2009
Rays see room for improvement
Buster OlneyPORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Three thousand fans, many of them wearing Rays T-shirts or caps or jerseys, took advantage of the open house at the team's new...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009
Positions of interest among AL teams
Buster OlneyIn putting together this list of the job situations that still need to be settled in the American League, I collaborated with the gang at Baseball Pro...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009
AL CENTRAL
Buster Olney...leader they've needed."The pen is supposed to be mightier. The Sox spent $30 million on Scott Linebrink and Octavio Dotel in the hopes of lowering a 5.47 bullpen ERA. Nick Swisher gets...
Story | Conversation | March 25, 2008Mets agree to Santana deal, pending extension agreement
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineThe Mets have agreed to a trade with the Minnesota Twins to acquire Johan Santana for four prospects, pending the left-hander working out an extension with New York, sources told ESPN's Peter Gammons.
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