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Braves get Cabrera, Dunn, cash
ESPN.com news servicesThe Yankees have acquired Javier Vazquez from the Atlanta Braves for Melky Cabrera, Mike Dunn and Boone Logan, sources told ESPN The Magazine senior writer Buster Olney.
Story | Conversation | December 22, 2009Defense highlights offseason moves
Buster Olney...sear." Fehr's hope has parallel lines, I'd bet. On one hand, nobody wants another World Series lost to labor wars. But some players say the union's leadership has stressed to the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009
An all-decade, all-value lineup card
Erik Manning, FanGraphs.comErik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009
The untold tales of the winter meetings
Jim Caple, Page 2We've heard lots of news from the MLB winter meetings, but here are some ultra-secret scoops.
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot
Keith Law...playing on good teams (not that it should matter, but it does). He played on two World Series champions and several other playoff teams, hit well in the postseason, was a very good defender...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009
ESPN RISE All-Decade Baseball Team
ESPN RISEESPN RISE All-Decade Baseball Team
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009
OTL: Field of Schemes?
Patrick HrubyIt seemed like a feel-good story on the surface: A Cambodian refugee brings the game of baseball to his home country. It seemed too good to be true ... and perhaps it is.
Story | Conversation | May 19, 2009Obstacles to a World Series rematch
Buster Olney...s well within reason to think the Phillies and Yankees will face each other in the World Series next year, although the league champions each have hurdles to overcome beyond the Angels and the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
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
Leyritz insists fatal accident not his fault
David Picker, E:60Former New York Yankee Jim Leyritz, facing trail for DUI manslaughter, insists he was driving responsibly and was not drunk at the time of an auto accident in December 2007 that killed 30-year-old Fredia Veitch in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009Howard's slide-step hurting the Phillies
Buster Olney...Victorino is being pitched inside. And Ryan Howard is seeing a ton of sliders. Before the World Series began, 23.4 percent of the pitches thrown to Howard during the regular season and the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders
Buster OlneyThe conversations between general managers began accelerating this week, and some have noticed a distinct trend that does not bode well for this winte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009
The leftovers tell us a lot from Game 2
Buster OlneyIt has been a World Series of pitching so far, with the inevitable umpiring controversy sprinkled in. Some leftovers from Game 2...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009
Lee's calm is the Yankees' storm
Buster Olney...intense -- the Bulldog locked in like a hyper border collie. In Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, Jack Morris had the eyes of a linebacker, and he looked like he was ready to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
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