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Three Strikes: Award-winning edition

Jayson Stark

Strike 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. ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Three Strikes -- Cy Young edition

Jayson Stark

...the voters were actually on board with that. Strike Two -- No Way To Treat a King Dept. Hernandez So now that we've got those Greinke accolades out of the way, here's a moment...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Three Strikes: If you're scoring NLCS at home …

Jayson Stark

STRIKE ONE -- ALL-OR-NOTHING DEPT. Something happened in Game 3 of the NLCS on Sunday that has happened only one other time in postseason history: ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

L.A. meets its match in NLCS Game 3

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

With Cliff Lee on the mound and Ryan Howard with a bat in his hands, the Phillies were an unstoppable force in their 11-0 rout of the Dodgers in NLCS Game 3.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 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

Three Strikes: Battles for best of the '00s

Jayson Stark

...00 COMPLETE GAMES -- Roy Halladay 46 SHUTOUTS -- Roy Halladay 13 STRIKEOUTS -- Randy Johnson 2,180 LOSSES -- Livan Hernandez 124 WORST ERA** -- Mike Maroth & Sidney Ponson 5.05 HITS ALLOWED -- Livan Hernandez 2,441 (* - Minimum: 3...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009

Twins, Braves give this week a big boost

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The AL Central and the NL wild card are the headline races up for grabs heading into the final week of the regular season.

Story | Conversation | September 28, 2009

Three Strikes: Break up the Rockies edition

Jayson Stark

STRIKE ONE -- CAN'T STOP THE ROCK DEPT. I was talking about those rampaging Colorado Rockies this week with an executive of another club. And he got ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009

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

Phillies, Red Sox among trade winners

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

What happens when you acquire Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez? You're a trade deadline winner, as the Phillies and Red Sox are, respectively.

Story | Conversation | July 31, 2009

Sandwich Awards: It's an all-Buehrle affair

Jayson Stark

If ever there were one man in baseball who deserved a Sandwich Awards column unto himself, it would be Mark Buehrle. Buehrle So we're dispensi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 2009

Three Strikes: The break-to-break leaders

Jayson Stark

Three Strikes is back, with a hodge-podge of fun-filled nuggets we've been storing up for a week now: STRIKE ONE -- THE SEASON THAT WASN'T DEPT. Now...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2009

AL making history hard to believe

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The American League's streak of wins at the All-Star Game is so long even the players can't remember the last time the National League won a Midsummer Classic.

Story | Conversation | July 14, 2009

Best, worst and weirdest of the first half

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

From Cy Youngs and Cy Yuks to MVPs and LVPs to some of the stranger moments on the diamond, we look back at the first half of the 2009 season.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009

It's so wrong to celebrate Manny's return

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The widespread affection for Manny Ramirez upon his return from a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy is appalling.

Story | Conversation | July 03, 2009