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Three Strikes -- Mailbag edition

Jayson Stark

Here's a confession I'm not proud of. I'm 8,800 e-mails behind in my uselessinfodept@yahoo.com inbox alone. And it sure isn't because I don't try. I'...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 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

Three Strikes: Moyer heads to the bullpen

Jayson Stark

Three Strikes is back from vacation. And boy, is there some tremendous stuff to catch up on. So here goes. STRIKE ONE -- BULLPEN LIFE BEGINS AT 46 DE...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 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

A hero for the streaking Ichiro

Jayson Stark

...two milestones (200, 250 or 300) in the same season was Rob Deer's 1990 Brewers (Nolan Ryan's 300th, Frank Tanana's 200th). But if we raise the cutoff to 250, the Elias...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 05, 2009

Johnson as great as ever in 300th win

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Randy Johnson was as tall and intimidating in his 300th victory as he was for the other 299 over a long and brilliant career.

Story | Conversation | June 04, 2009

Managing with a human touch

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

What do you do with a player whose presence not so long ago was larger than his numbers? Managers Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel are pondering that very question right now.

Story | Conversation | May 28, 2009

Disabled-list conspiracy theories

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

When struggling pitchers Dontrelle Willis, Oliver Perez and Chien-Ming Wang suddenly landed on the disabled list, it raised more than a few eyebrows around the league.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2009

Three Strikes: A whole lot more of Rickey

Jayson Stark

Was it really only 24 hours ago that I started this Rickey's Hall Teammates stampede? I didn't know what I was unleashing. Obviously. At times like ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2009

Three Strikes: Rickey Being Rickey Edition

Jayson Stark

...557 HR Barry Bonds 762 266 496 186 SAVES Trevor Hoffman 554 207 347 168 STRIKEOUTS Nolan Ryan 5,714 3,178 2,536 80 RBIs Hank Aaron 2,297 1,380 917 66...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 14, 2009

Rice takes final swing at Hall of Fame

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

A first-timer, a last-timer and six others are worthy of enshrinement in Cooperstown.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2009

Strange But True year in review

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Baseball provided some odd moments in 2008, but really, did all this stuff actually happen? You can't make it up.

Story | Conversation | December 31, 2008

Only number that matters to ageless Moyer is Game 3

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

At age 45, Jamie Moyer is a wealth of information and quite willing to share it with teammates, but right now he just really wants to close out the Brewers in Game 3 of their NLDS, writes Jayson Stark.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2008

Open Hall's doors for these eight names

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

Led by Goose Gossage and Jim Rice, Jayson Stark details the eight players he voted for on his Hall of Fame ballot this year.

Story | Conversation | December 28, 2007

Awards, milestones, amazing feats and more

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

From Most Valuable Players to Cy Youngs to Cy Yuks, Jayson Stark doles out his annual season-ending awards and much more.

Story | Conversation | September 28, 2007