Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...and the Astros expect that he'll be ready to go at full speed when spring training begins. New Houston manager Brad Mills and GM Ed Wade will soon meet with Oswalt, in a get...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
A Punkin Chunkin good time
Toby Mergler, Special to Page 2How far can mankind launch a pumpkin? Page 2 set out to analyze the catapults, air cannons and centrifugal contraptions of World Championship Punkin Chunkin.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Postseason had many defining moments
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comWhile the Yankees returned to glory by winning the World Series, the inevitability of full-scale instant replay in baseball stood out as perhaps the most important aspect of the 2009 postseason.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009L.A. meets its match in NLCS Game 3
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comWith Cliff Lee on the mound and Ryan Howard with a bat in his hands, the Phillies were an unstoppable force in their 11-0 rout of the Dodgers in NLCS Game 3.
Story | Conversation | October 18, 2009Four difference-makers who could fly under the radar this postseason
ESPN.com...Tim Kurkjian, ESPN The Magazine As we go deeper and deeper into the postseason, each team will begin to reveal its unsung heroes. Every team has that one under-the-radar player who comes up...
Page | ConversationTuesday Taters
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...marching orders, that's for sure. • Furman Bisher writes his last column ... • ... and Steve Hummer begins to put Bisher's career into perspective. • Meanwhile, I told you we haven'...
Blog | October 13, 2009Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off
Buster OlneyThe fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009
Opening up the mailbag
Buster Olney...agent e-mailed this morning with an answer to your question: "The filing period for free agents begins the day after the World Series ends, and continues for 15 days. In that period, players can...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009
Rockies make all the right moves
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comThe number of moves made by the managers was enough to make your head spin, but all that matters to the Rockies is they won Game 2 of their NLDS with the Phillies and head home all square.
Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009Boston velocity versus Anaheim speed
Buster OlneyThere are going to be two hard truths in play in the forthcoming division series between the Red Sox and the Angels, according to some talent evaluato...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009
Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars
Buster OlneyIt is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
The Cy Young cases for Greinke and King Felix
Buster OlneyThis time of year, teams begin to include information in their media dispatches about their various candidates for major awards. The AL Cy...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009
'Joba Rules' all about preserving Chamberlain
ESPN.com...throw five innings in his next start, six the two starts after that, and when the playoffs begin, the 23-year-old (he turns 24 late next week) will have fewer than 165 innings. "He...
Page | ConversationIchiro gets 200 hits in 9th straight season as M's shut out Rangers
Associated PressIchiro Suzuki beat out an infield single to become the first player in major league history with at least 200 hits in nine straight seasons and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-0 for a doubleheader split on Sunday night.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 13, 2009Series with Giants about playoff possibilities, not respect for Rockies
ESPN.com...Getty Images Rays fans showed up in big numbers last year; this season, not so much. By Steve Berthiaume, ESPN Enough with the whining. Somebody's team wins a few games, optimism rises and then...
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