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Weighing McGriff's HOF candidacy
Jayson StarkI haven't even gotten my Hall of Fame ballot in the mail yet. But how come I already have the impression Fred McGriff's candidacy is going to get tram...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009
Three Strikes -- Mailbag No. 2 edition
Jayson StarkBefore we ingest approximately 588,000 calories while watching the Detroit Lions do their inimitable Thanksgiving thing, it's time for another mailbag...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Three Strikes: Award-winning edition
Jayson StarkStrike One -- Albert's Eight-Ball Dept. As you contemplate the greatness of Albert Pujols, don't measure him just by the three MVP awards he's won. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Three Strikes -- Mailbag edition
Jayson Stark...few years ago -- some sort of payroll floor. The other sports have one. There's no reason baseball shouldn't. I don't care where baseball decides to set that minimum -- $40 million, $60 million...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Three Strikes -- Deadlines and dollars edition
Jayson Stark...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 than $1.76 billion...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Damon amazingly steals his way into history
Jayson Stark...put it, Ty Cobb "probably had tons of these plays." But there was no retrosheet.com, no baseball-reference.com and, for that matter, no dot-orgs or dot-coms of any description back then...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
NLCS: Getting on base not a problem for Utley
Jayson Stark...in 23 consecutive postseason games -- the second-longest streak in history. The only streak longer, according to baseball-reference.com's Play Index: 25 games, by Boog Powell (1966-71). Utley had been tied at...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009Phillies lean to the left
Jayson Stark...or the Left Coast. But the Phillies' manager is obviously a man who thinks left-handers are baseball's greatest invention since the fungo bat. Once the temperatures started sinking, glop started dropping out of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
Hidden tales of the leaderboard
Jayson Stark...century ago -- in 1982 and 1983. • Is there any doubt that first base is now baseball's premier power position? Four of those 40-homer men were first basemen. It's the ninth...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
Three Strikes: History in the unmaking edition
Jayson StarkWhen history is made in baseball, half the planet is there to chronicle it. But when history is unmade, well, apparently that's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2009
Three Strikes: Battles for best of the '00s
Jayson StarkIt isn't just another baseball season that's rampaging down the stretch. It's another fabulous baseball decade -- the '00s. They'll...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009
Hot and cold Chicago-style Sammich Awards
Jayson Stark...year earlier in the week. That gives him three 20-homer, 30-steal seasons. And according to baseball-reference.com's fabulous Play Index, Rollins is just the fourth player in the expansion era (1961...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009
Three Strikes: Albert's trifecta edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- TRIPLE THREAT DEPT. We regret to announce that, barring something crazy, Albert Pujols is not going to win the Triple Crown this year. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
Sandwich Awards: Yanks, Mauer/Cuddyer, McCoy
Jayson StarkGrab your paper plates -- because it's time once again to honor the most sandwich-worthy feats of the week with another edition of the ever-popular Ge...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009
Three Strikes: Who needs an offense edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- OFF-BASE CONTENDER DEPT. I spent Monday night in AT&T Park, watching the Giants do something they seem to have forgotten is actuall...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
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