Three Strikes -- Deadlines and dollars edition
Jayson Stark...crossed the Magic Billion Line -- the Red Sox (about $1.21 billion), Mets ($1.12 billion) and Dodgers ($1.06 billion). And now the leader board: American League Yankees $1,763,790,271 Red Sox...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Three Strikes: For Series opener, a pair of Cys
Jayson Stark...other pitchers ever started Game 1 for teams they joined in midseason: Sal Maglie for the 1956 Dodgers and Hank Borowy for the 1945 Cubs. But of course, the Phillies won't stop there. They...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2009
NLCS: Shades of Kirk Gibson
Jayson Stark10:03 p.m. ET The last pinch homer by a Dodger in a postseason game before Orlando Hudson ripped one to left in the fifth? A fellow named...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009NLCS: Finally, an XBH for L.A.
Jayson Stark9:45 p.m. ET Not that I'm counting, but I'm counting. The Dodgers brought 93 hitters to the plate between extra-base hits. Matt Kemp's homer was their first...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009Three Strikes: If you're scoring NLCS at home …
Jayson Stark...i.e., the Phillies) scored a run -- but no players on the other team (i.e., the Dodgers) scored a run. With the help of the Elias Sports Bureau and ESPN research wiz Justin Haven...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009
NLCS: Kuroda in Moyer territory
Jayson Stark...did it. Besides those two, only seven other pitchers in history have done it -- none of them Dodgers
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009NLCS: Early exit for Kuroda
Jayson Stark...ET Hiroki Kuroda's 1 1/3-inning exit makes this the shortest postseason start by a Dodger since John Tudor was gonged after four outs in the 1988 World Series. More Kuroda-mania: In...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009NLCS: Ruiz gets green light in L.A.
Jayson Stark...SB for Carlos Ruiz. He stole his last one as recently as, uh, June 4 -- against the Dodgers
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009Lineups for NLCS Game 1
Jayson Stark...Howard, 1B Jayson Werth, RF Raul Ibanez, LF Pedro Feliz, 3B Carlos Ruiz, C Cole Hamels, P Dodgers Rafael Furcal, SS Andre Ethier, RF Manny Ramirez, LF Matt Kemp, CF Casey Blake, 3B James Loney...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009Phillies lean to the left
Jayson StarkDENVER -- Charlie Manuel may not be a big fan of leftovers, the Left Bank or the Left Coast. But the Phillies' manager is obviously a man who thinks l...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
Hidden tales of the leaderboard
Jayson StarkWith Game 162 in the rearview mirror, here's some historic stuff we guarantee Doris Kearns Goodwin will never unearth: • Even after Game 1...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
Three Strikes: History in the unmaking edition
Jayson Stark...Martinez) 2000s: 0 STRIKE TWO -- ALL SWEPT UP DEPT. It's hard to have faith in the Dodgers in this postseason after the way they screwed up one of the great feats of the year...
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 be over any minute...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009
Sandwich Awards: Yanks, Mauer/Cuddyer, McCoy
Jayson Stark...9 percent chance at this point, and the Angels have a 1.3 percent shot. • The Dodgers are runaway favorites for the best NL record, with a 72.5 percent chance. But even though...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009
Three Strikes: Who needs an offense edition
Jayson Stark...according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The answer in all those cases is Chad Fonville's 1996 Dodgers. That team won 90 games, and a wild-card berth, despite a .316 on-base percentage that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
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