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Whole lot of talking, and very little action

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Few moves happened at the winter meetings, leaving a lot of action to come in the weeks ahead.

Story | Conversation | December 10, 2009

Pushing for a minimum payroll threshold

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Cries for a salary cap were sparked by the Yankees' winning the World Series, but what baseball really needs is a minimum payroll threshold.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Hidden tales of the leaderboard

Jayson Stark

With Game 162 in the rearview mirror, here's some historic stuff we guarantee Doris Kearns Goodwin will never unearth: • Even after Game 1...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 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

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

Sandwich Awards: Abreu finally gets homer happy

Jayson Stark

If it's 4th of July weekend, we should be serving foot-long hot dogs, not Sandwich Awards. But what the heck. The tradition continues. But before thi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2009

Ready to roll the dice in Las Vegas

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

It's time to roll the dice, go for broke. The baseball world is preparing for what could be a wild week at the winter meetings in Las Vegas.

Story | Conversation | December 04, 2008

Time to check the shopping lists

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Free agency begins Friday, so it's a good time to take a team-by-team look at who will be shopping for what this offseason, writes Jayson Stark.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2008

The life of a manager can be a whirlwind

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Considered a genius one day, thought of as dumb the next -- such is the life of many of today's big league managers.

Story | Conversation | June 12, 2008

Identifying more young players who could cash in

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

MLB's hottest new trend -- signing young players to long-term contracts -- could include a few more names in the coming months if teams decide to pony up the money.

Story | Conversation | May 22, 2008

Offseason trades with plenty of teeth

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Sometimes trades work out for both sides, as a number of deals from last winter have already proven.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2008

Identifying the most feared hitter in the bigs

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

From Albert Pujols to Vladimir Guerrero to Manny Ramirez, all 30 big league managers weigh in on who they believe is the most feared hitter in baseball.

Story | Conversation | April 23, 2008

Tejada will talk about anything … except steroids

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Miguel Tejada spent Tuesday, his first day in an Astros uniform, deflecting questions about steroids, while Houston's general manager defended his acquisition of the slugger.

Story | Conversation | February 19, 2008

At long last, spring training is upon us

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

One of the strangest baseball offseasons of modern times is history now. And spring training is here. Finally.

Story | Conversation | February 12, 2008

Keeping up with AL heavyweights impractical for most

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

When the heavyweights in the American League raise the bar, do some teams feel the need to try to pole-vault over it? We asked three GMs.

Story | Conversation | December 19, 2007