Six key matchups for Game 6
Buster OlneySix 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
Porcello's fastball will be his tell
Buster OlneyRick Porcello's fastball will be his tell Tuesday, a longtime scout said Monday. A poker player might betray something with the way he shifts in his c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009
For a night, Penny is prime currency
Buster OlneyMike Krukow, half of the Giants' broadcast team, said it best about Brad Penny in the seventh or eighth inning of the pitcher's debut with San Francis...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 03, 2009
Inside another great Colorado run
Buster OlneyThere was gleeful jumping and running and hat-tossing and a pig-pile kind of thing, and this was all taking place about 1,500 miles away from the Litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009
Baseball's week of U-turns
Buster Olney...offensive production has increased, Tracee Hamilton writes. Terry Francona called a team meeting before Sunday's game, Sean McAdam writes, and talked about stuff, and still, it didn't make a difference. Johnny Damon (who...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 10, 2009
Buehrle's near-perfection, punctuated
Buster OlneyThe 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,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 29, 2009
Jays must trade Halladay now
Buster OlneyA whole bunch of baseball people traveled to Toronto this weekend to watch Roy Halladay pitch, as Ken Fidlin writes. It's a sure sign of a robust mark...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 19, 2009
Yanks unconcerned about A-Rod Being A-Rod
Buster OlneyAlex Rodriguez has nine years and about $275 million remaining on his contract, and he'll probably outlast everybody currently in the organization not...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009
Hamels among most indispensable players
Buster OlneyNow it all makes sense, a scout said Monday afternoon, after hearing that Cole Hamels has gone to Philadelphia to have his elbow examined. The scout h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 17, 2009
Execs reluctant to sign older stars to long deals
Buster OlneyThe economy T-boned the free-agent market this winter, seemingly at 100 mph, and this was the major reason why established players -- guys who had bee...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 07, 2009
Dodgers second to Yankees in offseason spending
Buster OlneyNow that Manny Ramirez has signed, we're close to putting a bow on the free agent spending of the offseason. Mark Simon of ESPN Research compiled thes...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009
With Cruz, others, Royals eager to improve
Buster OlneyKansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore explained over the phone Saturday how the pursuit of reliever Juan Cruz accelerated after Orlando Hudson decided to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 01, 2009
The ponderous Ramirez negotiations
Buster OlneyManny Ramirez probably needs one at-bat, or less, to prepare for the start of the regular season, and given that this is the last day of February, the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 28, 2009
A-Rod had better hope he's told the truth
Buster OlneyOn Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez offered up far more detail than Andy Pettitte and more substance than Jason Giambi, and he went way beyond where either Mar...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009
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