Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir
Buster OlneyHad Scott Kazmir remained with the Tampa Bay Rays for 2010, he likely would have been one member of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009
Why the Yankees are now firing on all cylinders
Buster Olney...step back, and now must face big-picture questions about the futures of Upton, Carl Crawford and Scott Kazmir. Incredibly, the window of opportunity for the group of Rays players that emerged in 2008 might...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2009
The Manny candidacy gains steam
...candidate became something of an attraction for voters wanting to subvert the "American Idol" culture. Radio host Howard Stern asked his listeners to support Sanjaya, and some Web sites implored voters to dial in for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 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
Peavy expected to be trade target
Kyle Lohse is off the board, CC Sabathia is going to be out of reach for most teams and Derek Lowe might have more suitors than any pitcher on the mar...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2008
Pierre's patience paying off
Juan Pierre has always been an old-school free-swinger, someone who hacks first and asks questions later. But in the first five weeks of his season, t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2008
Washington's days numbered?
Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks made it clear recently to manager Ron Washington that he would be held accountable for the team's brutal early-season pl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 26, 2008
Miami may finally keep Marlins
...draft preview of the year, courtesy of Jim Callis, who subsequently hosted a Q and A. • Scott Kazmir is either a visionary or insane: He used the words "playoffs" and "Rays" in the same...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 16, 2008
M's upcoming schedule a monster
The Seattle Mariners had snowouts and rainouts in April, and as a result they are finishing this season with a brutal schedule -- 44 games in the fina...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2007
Series hangover for Tigers?
TGIRF: Reader Friday begins with a comment on the Tigers, from Brent Garripee of Novi, Mich.: It seems like the Tigers' dugout is a pretty upbeat pla...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2007
Clear choice for players on HGH
...was written here in February. Folks in Congress are rattling their sabers again over this issue, writes Howard Bryant. Some of Jason Grimsley's old teammates can't see him being a snitch, as David...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2006
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