Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster OlneyIt was in the middle of the afternoon, the day before Thanksgiving, and yet Orioles president Andy MacPhail was at his desk, answering his phone. That...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster OlneyExecutives and agents packed their bags and boarded planes in Chicago, thinking about what they had seen and heard over the previous 48 hours, such as...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
The Spawn of 'Moneyball'
Buster OlneyAn American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster OlneyThe latest seismic rumbling probably hit the baseball landscape early Thursday morning -- probably before all the champagne-soaked Yankees reached the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Behind the Bets: All The Greek to me
Chad Millman, ESPN The MagazineThough Jimmy The Greek's name will forever be linked to racist remarks and his subsequent fall, sports betting would never have made it to the big time without him.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009
Remembering Walter Payton, racing fan
Ryan McGeeIt's hard to believe that 10 years ago last Sunday we lost Walter Payton. For all of his accomplishments on the football field and in life, few people remember that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009
Tip Sheet notes: LJ wears out welcome
Len Pasquarelli, ESPN.comLarry Johnson's latest tirade makes him even less valuable to the Kansas City Chiefs, who probably wish they had traded him years ago, writes Len Pasquarelli.
Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009
Cooley's season still has life
...more extensive. The end for Jones? By placing left tackle Walter Jones on the injured reserve list, the Seahawks effectively ended his potential Hall of Fame career. Drafted in the mid-1990s, Jones, Jonathan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
Tip Sheet notes: They've got a lot left
Len Pasquarelli, ESPN.comSafeties Brian Dawkins, 36, and Darren Sharper, 33, have proven they still have a lot left in the tank, writes Len Pasquarelli.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009
Karabell: Week 7 flex rankings
Eric Karabell[Note: These rankings were updated Friday] Sometimes desperation sets in and you don't have a choice. A colleague asked me this morning what I thoug...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster Olney...to start Sabathia in Games 1, 4 and 7. Pedro Martinez versus time. He is a future Hall of Famer and yet he will be a complete mystery when he makes the start in Game...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
And the inaugural HOF class is ...
Ryan McGee...Well, take a gander at the National Baseball Hall of Fame's first class, in 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson. When Cy Young doesn't make the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009
La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster OlneyNobody will know how the St. Louis Cardinals' season might have ended if the third out hadn't escaped them in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
Team preview: Mercer
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Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009
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