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If the season ended today …

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

We already know who's going to win the NL MVP, but the other five races are still very much up for grabs.

Story | Conversation | August 27, 2009

Three Strikes -- Mailbag edition

Jayson Stark

...these as I can, I'm starting something today I hope to make a regular feature of...other sports have one. There's no reason baseball shouldn't. I don't care where baseball...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Three Strikes -- Deadlines and dollars edition

Jayson Stark

...haven't seen anywhere -- Most Dollars Spent in the Aughts (via the USA Today Salary Database and the Biz of Baseball Web site). And here's what we found: The Yankees paid out more...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Phillies not ready to give up title yet

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The Phillies aren't quite ready to hand over their championship belts, and in Game 5, they fought off the Yankees and forced this World Series back to New York.

Story | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Burnett takes over a starring role

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

A.J. Burnett emerged from CC Sabathia's shadow, avoided the problems that always seem to find him and pitched a gem on a night the Yankees desperately needed it to even the World Series at one win apiece.

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Phillies walk off into history

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Jimmy Rollins' two-out, two-run, game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth didn't just win Game 4 for the Phillies and give them a 3-1 NLCS lead over L.A. — it also finished a game that will live in postseason history.

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2009

MVPs and LVPs, Cy Youngs and Yuks …

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

It's time to bid farewell to another season that was filled with highs, lows and so much in between. With that said, here come the awards.

Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009

It's unsafe around closing time

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

There's only one Rivera, but reliable closers are becoming hard to find. Jayson Stark looks at five contenders with closer concerns.

Story | Conversation | August 20, 2009

Pressure building on Amaro, Ricciardi

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

With the fate of Roy Halladay hanging in the balance, Ruben Amaro Jr. and J.P. Ricciardi are facing insane pressure. But which general manager is under more pressure to make this potentially monumental trade?

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009

Sandwich Awards: Abreu finally gets homer happy

Jayson Stark

If it's 4th of July weekend, we should be serving foot-long hot dogs, not Sandwich Awards. But what the heck. The tradition continues. But before thi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2009

Focusing on baseball's many mysteries

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Why are the Cubs struggling to score runs? Why do the Phillies have such a bad home record? What happened to the vaunted Angels bullpen? A snippet of baseball's mysteries.

Story | Conversation | June 25, 2009

'Most likely to get traded' nominees

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Who are the sellers most likely to sell? Here are the top candidates buyers should include on their trade-deadline shopping list.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2009

Disabled-list conspiracy theories

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

When struggling pitchers Dontrelle Willis, Oliver Perez and Chien-Ming Wang suddenly landed on the disabled list, it raised more than a few eyebrows around the league.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2009