Buster Olney
speaker
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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That's right.
And there are times, I must say, that when veteran players turn down the opportunity to go to the All-Star game, well, I have to take out the garbage.
I need to wash my hair, those type of excuses that sometimes you hear.
I think in this case, it's actually Vladdy's respect for the game that he understands that
that he's there because of the fan vote based on what he did last October and in past seasons.
And I think it was a sign of respect to the game and other first basemen in the American League saying, you know what, I haven't earned it.
I'm going to sit out.
I'm going to tend to my back, which he's had some soreness this year, and I'm not going to play.
Actually, this is a case where I get it.
Yeah, or Jordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros, who I remember Dusty Baker went back a few years ago.
Dusty, last year's manager, Alvarez missed a few games at the end of spring training, and I said, are you going to send him down, minor league rehab assignment?
And Dusty looked at me like I was crazy and said, no, that guy's swing is such that he's going to be 80 years old and he's going to wake up from a nap and you can send him out and he's going to hit a line drive someplace.
His swing is so simple and so great that
He's having a phenomenal season.
Junior Caminero, you know, I had Albert Pools on my podcast earlier this year, and Pools said to me that when Aaron Judge moves on into retirement, Caminero is going to be the next Aaron Judge.
Wow.
He just turned 23 years old on Sunday.
He's hitting a bunch of home runs, as he did last year when he hit 45.
The thing that jumps out to Albert, to everyone, is he's doubled his walk rate.
You and I have been watching baseball for a long time.
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