Three Strikes -- Mailbag edition
Jayson StarkHere'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'...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
It's unsafe around closing time
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comThere'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, 2009Three Strikes: Moyer heads to the bullpen
Jayson StarkThree 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009
Sandwich Awards: It's an all-Buehrle affair
Jayson StarkIf 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...
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, 2009Johnson as great as ever in 300th win
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comRandy 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, 2009Managing with a human touch
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comWhat 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, 2009Disabled-list conspiracy theories
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comWhen 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, 2009Three Strikes: A whole lot more of Rickey
Jayson StarkWas 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, 2009Three 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, 2009Rice takes final swing at Hall of Fame
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comA first-timer, a last-timer and six others are worthy of enshrinement in Cooperstown.
Story | Conversation | January 08, 2009Strange But True year in review
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comBaseball provided some odd moments in 2008, but really, did all this stuff actually happen? You can't make it up.
Story | Conversation | December 31, 2008Only number that matters to ageless Moyer is Game 3
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comAt 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, 2008Open Hall's doors for these eight names
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comLed 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, 2007Awards, milestones, amazing feats and more
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comFrom Most Valuable Players to Cy Youngs to Cy Yuks, Jayson Stark doles out his annual season-ending awards and much more.
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