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Phillies wind their way back to NLCS

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

DENVER -- The champs have been here before, riding down this same October highway. They know where it leads. They know each twist in the...

Story | Conversation | October 12, 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

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

It's unsafe around closing time

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

There's only one Rivera, but reliable closers are becoming hard to find. Jayson Stark looks at five contenders with closer concerns.

Story | Conversation | August 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

June leaders (Pujols) and trailers (everyone else)

Jayson Stark

...all in relief); AL leaders: Brian Bannister and Jason Berken 4 apiece. Most saves AL leader: Joe Nathan 11; NL leader: Huston Street 11. Most blown saves NL leader: Ryan Madson 3 (in 6...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 01, 2009

The good, the bad and the ugly

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Is the Marlins' fast start a realistic view of how their season will go? And is Derrek Lee's slow start an illusion? Jayson Stark wonders.

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009

The Stark Plan will give WBC big boost

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Putting together a plan that will make the World Baseball Classic feel like baseball's version of Super Sunday.

Story | Conversation | March 20, 2009

Provisional WBC rosters are loaded

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The WBC rosters are only "provisional" for now, but several are shaping up to be potential juggernauts, including Team USA.

Story | Conversation | January 19, 2009

Three Strikes: End of Two Eras Edition

Jayson Stark

...only other active closer with 200 saves for his present team? It's (drum roll, please) Joe Nathan, with 200 on the nose for the Twins. Hoffman and Rivera also rank 1-2 on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 09, 2009

Season of opposites in AL Central

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

So the AL Central has gone as predicted, right? Think again. Jayson Stark tries to shed some light on baseball's most topsy-turvy division.

Story | Conversation | June 05, 2008

Peavy, Sabathia are Cy Young front-runners

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Here's a rundown of the top five Cy Young candidates in the National League and American League.

Story | Conversation | September 13, 2007

Twins must decide what to do with Santana

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Should the Twins sign Johan Santana to an extension, keep him until his present contract runs out, or trade him away?

Story | Conversation | August 07, 2007

Who's most underrated? Start with Oswalt

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Who are baseball's 10 most underrated players? Jayson Stark starts his list with Astros starter Roy Oswalt.

Story | Conversation | May 25, 2007