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Three Strikes: Albert's trifecta edition

Jayson Stark

STRIKE ONE -- TRIPLE THREAT DEPT. We regret to announce that, barring something crazy, Albert Pujols is not going to win the Triple Crown this year. ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009

Mets in impossible spot going forward

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The Mets' awful season could very well turn into something the franchise won't recover from for a long time.

Story | Conversation | September 03, 2009

Three Strikes: Mauer power edition

Jayson Stark

STRIKE 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2009

Weekend Uselessness Edition

Jayson Stark

Any time a pitcher bats in the three-hole, there's a balk trifecta and all nine hitters in one lineup turn into closers of a whole different kind, you...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009

Three Strikes: Weekend Madness Edition

Jayson Stark

Three Strikes looks back at the best of another crazy baseball weekend: STRIKE ONE -- AT THE MICAH DEPT. How can you not love Micah Owings? How can ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009

Welcome to the new Moneyball

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Everyone knows the economy could have a profound impact on baseball. But the more important question is this: Who'll be money on the field in 2009?

Story | Conversation | March 29, 2009

Francona anxiously waits out WBC

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Red Sox manager Terry Francona admitted Monday he's sweating out the rest of the World Baseball Classic, hoping his players make it back healthy.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2009

So much at stake for Team USA this time

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Having been a big flop in the World Baseball Classic three years ago, Team USA has a lot riding on it to be successful this time around.

Story | Conversation | March 06, 2009

Team USA ready this time

Jayson Stark

...was about to turn into their own little international embarrassment. "We thought we'd crush everybody," Todd Jones, a member of Team USA's star-studded 2006 bullpen, recalled Monday. "So we were all concerned...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2009

Atlanta reinvests in starting pitching

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

In adding Derek Lowe, Javier Vazquez and Kenshin Kawakami, the Atlanta Braves addressed their most glaring weakness: starting pitching.

Story | Conversation | February 21, 2009

Clubhouse a quiet place without Smoltz

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The Braves are finding it hard to get used to a clubhouse without John Smoltz in it.

Story | Conversation | February 15, 2009

Chipper: Opportunity knocks for Griffey

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Ken Griffey Jr. has been sending signals -- some subtle, some not so subtle -- that he'd love to be a Brave.

Story | Conversation | February 15, 2009

If you thought winter was weird ...

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

It sure has been one weird winter, which can mean only one thing: It's going to be one weird spring.

Story | Conversation | February 12, 2009

Three Strikes: A whole lot more of Rickey

Jayson Stark

Was it really only 24 hours ago that I started this Rickey's Hall Teammates stampede? I didn't know what I was unleashing. Obviously. At times like ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2009

Vote is in -- anybody understand it?

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The totals say that 28 voters did not cast ballots for Rickey Henderson for the Hall of Fame. Have these people lost their minds?

Story | Conversation | January 12, 2009