Buster Olney

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706 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2 Sep

Buster Olney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Tony Kornheiser Show · “Elder Fraud” · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, but I think you and I, and I agree with you, like I want the kid to have an opportunity.

I think it's a special thing.

You know, I remember once talking with Billy Bean about the pitch counts and, you know, it was suggested in a meeting with the A's that, hey, we're going to restrict this guy to 180 innings.

And his answer was, well, what's the science behind that?

Why is it 181, not 181 innings?

Why is his number same as that other guy's number?

I get it that they're looking to protect these guys, but I don't think there's an exact science.

And you can't tell me that he couldn't extend to 110 pitches to make it happen, but it just doesn't happen anymore.

No, Craig Stammen, of course, in his rookie year as a manager.

He used to pitch here.

Well, yeah, right, exactly.

And I mean, I say that.

They've had a lot of managerial turnover with H.A.

Breller, general manager out there.

So maybe they could change, but I don't think anyone believes that's the reason.

The fact is, you know, Peter Seidler was the owner there.

He built what has been an amazing atmosphere in San Diego, where now they're drawing over 3 million people, where they consistently are, you know, the number two drawing team in baseball, which is just shocking for a small market team to get to that point.

But there was a Faustian bargain in building that, and that is they invested a lot of money in older players and guaranteed contracts to guys like Manny Machado and Xander Bogarts and folks around baseball.

At the time they did those deals, it was like, man, at the back end of those, it could get a little bit ugly.

And we thought going into the year, the Padres had the best bullpen in baseball.

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