203 Results for curt schilling

Three Strikes -- Cy Young edition

Jayson Stark

Strike One -- Last Shall Be First Dept. Greinke Zack Greinke won a Cy Young Award Tuesday. Excellent choice. And the correct choice. It even to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 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

Lee takes over Yankee Stadium

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

No opposing pitcher had held the Yankees to no earned runs over nine innings at the new Yankee Stadium, until Phillies lefty Cliff Lee did it with a Game 1 masterpiece.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009

Three Strikes: Phils, Yanks close but uncommon

Jayson Stark

...Phillies' most dominating starting pitchers in franchise history -- Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Jim Bunning, Chris Short, Curt Schilling, Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee and Grover Cleveland Alexander -- have won 15 postseason games for the Phillies...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009

Rewriting history, one series at a time

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

A title in 2008 wasn't enough. Not for these Phillies, anyway. Philadelphia finished off the L.A. Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS to return to the World Series for the second straight year.

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Rockies make all the right moves

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The number of moves made by the managers was enough to make your head spin, but all that matters to the Rockies is they won Game 2 of their NLDS with the Phillies and head home all square.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009

Lee doesn't need adjustment period

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Cliff Lee displaced Cole Hamels as the Phillies' Game 1 starter in the ALDS, and despite never having pitched in a postseason game, he showed he is quite comfortable under the bright playoff lights.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Most memorable quotes of the year

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The most memorable quotes of the 2009 baseball season.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2009

Best (and worst) of the playoff rotations

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

If the road to a World Series title is paved with starting pitching, which teams are in the best shape to make a run in October?

Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009

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

Ibanez on a Sandwich Award-winning roll

Jayson Stark

Greetings 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

Remembering Harry Kalas the man, the voice

Jayson Stark

...from some of the baseball people who have checked in over the past 24 hours. From Curt Schilling "'Horse,'" Schilling wrote me in an e-mail Monday night. "For 10 years, that was Harry...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2009

Three Strikes: The end is near edition

Jayson Stark

...position. Then bam, he just reached back and hit 99 five straight pitches. He was like [Curt] Schilling used to be back when he was in Philadelphia." The rest of the radar-gun all...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 28, 2009

Simply put, Schilling made a difference

Jayson Stark

I don't have to make up my mind, officially, on whether Curt Schilling is a Hall of Famer until December 2012. But I already know how I'll vote...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 23, 2009

Three Strikes: Manny's Groundhog Day Edition

Jayson Stark

STRIKE ONE -- STUCK IN A MOMENT DEPT.: When you're mixed up in a major free-agent negotiation with Scott Boras, you know it's going to take a really &...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 01, 2009