Three Strikes: Award-winning edition
Jayson Stark...how many players in history have ever had more top-three finishes than Albert? Precisely one -- Barry Bonds. Barry had nine of them (seven firsts, two seconds) -- but in a 22-year career. And...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Three Strikes: Albert's trifecta edition
Jayson Stark...from the BALCO grand jury. It's 366 for Albert to 317 for the runner-up, Barry Bonds, who is still 0 for the past two years thanks to joblessness circumstances not entirely within...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
Three Strikes: Piracy edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- THEY WERE JUST 17 DEPT. The Pittsburgh Pirates haven't had a winning season since 1992. Think about that. The American League Rookie...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2009
Three Strikes: Mauer power edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- MAUER POWER DEPT. Joe Mauer woke up Wednesday with a .383 batting average. And you don't often see a number like that on the old leader...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2009
Sandwich Awards: Abreu finally gets homer happy
Jayson Stark...its players made at least 14 home run trots. The others: the 2001 Giants in April (Barry Bonds), the 2004 Phillies in June (Jim Thome) and the 2007 Yankees in April (Bonds). • ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2009Verlander a thoroughly dominant force
Jayson Stark...the longest streak of multi-walk games in the live-ball era. Believe it or not, Barry Bonds' longest streak was six in a row. • You might recall that in the 2005...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009Ibanez on a Sandwich Award-winning roll
Jayson StarkGreetings once again to all of our favorite gourmets. Have a seat at any vacant table and dine on our weekly Generic Sandwich Awards. But first, a qui...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2009'Twas The Night Before A-Rod …
Jayson StarkTAMPA, Fla. -- For the rest of America, Monday was President's Day. For the New York Yankees, it was a whole different kind of occasion: Day Before A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 16, 2009Three Strikes: Rickey Being Rickey Edition
Jayson Stark...RECORD AVG. DIFF. PCT. ABOVE AVG. SB Rickey Henderson 1,406 214 1,192 557 HR Barry Bonds 762 266 496 186 SAVES Trevor Hoffman 554 207 347 168 STRIKEOUTS Nolan Ryan 5,714...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 14, 2009Three Strikes: NFL Playoff Edition
Jayson StarkSorry about that little vacation-induced interruption in our blogospheric production. But it's 2009, and Three Strikes is back. And what better place ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 02, 2009A plot against Barry?
Jayson Stark...Major League Baseball decided (properly) to start using specially marked baseballs every time its favorite historian, Barry Bonds, came to bat. Well, it's time to ask: What was inside those baseballs, anyway? Since...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 17, 2006
Alou's ankle the big story
Jayson Stark...Park on Friday night. But none of them was launched by that noted home run historian, Barry Bonds. In fact, about the only historic thing Bonds did during his 0-for-3 evening was...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2006
Team USA ready this time
Jayson StarkCLEARWATER, Fla. -- Three years ago, they had no idea what they were in for. They had no idea how ready the rest of the world was. They had no idea h...
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