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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

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: Mauer power edition

Jayson Stark

...board this late in a season. Mauer Since George Brett found himself hitting .404, with a .460...as high as Mauer's through Aug. 18 -- Tony Gwynn (who was hitting .394 when the strike...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2009

Three Strikes: The break-to-break leaders

Jayson Stark

...swept in a four-game series right out of the chute, according to the Elias Sports Bureau: Tony Muser, with the 1997 Royals. Lee • As loyal reader Mitch Levy reports, Lee did something...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2009

Sandwich Awards: Abreu finally gets homer happy

Jayson Stark

...game stretch like that within a single season: George Brett in 1980, Johnny Damon in 2005 and...by a guy who hit .370: 54, by Tony Gwynn in 1987. Highest average by a guy...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2009

Weekend Uselessness Edition

Jayson Stark

...first starting pitcher to find himself batting anywhere in an American League lineup since Ken (brother of George) Brett hit eighth for the White Sox on Sept. 23, 1976, according to the Elias Sports Bureau...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009

Three Strikes: Weekend Madness Edition

Jayson Stark

Three Strikes looks back at the best of another crazy baseball weekend: STRIKE ONE -- AT THE MICAH DEPT. How can you not love Micah Owings? How can ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 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 commish gives his state of the game

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

From the Yankees' free-spending ways to the current economy to the WBC, Bud Selig talks a little baseball.

Story | Conversation | January 22, 2009

Three Strikes: A whole lot more of Rickey

Jayson Stark

...HOF teammates? Here's the identical list Chen and Rosen compiled: Leo Durocher: 30 Dan Brouthers: 26 George Kelly: 26 Rogers Hornsby: 25 Frankie Frisch: 23 Freddie Lindstrom: 23 Al Simmons: 21 Dazzy Vance: 21...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2009

Vote is in -- anybody understand it?

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The totals say that 28 voters did not cast ballots for Rickey Henderson for the Hall of Fame. Have these people lost their minds?

Story | Conversation | January 12, 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

Buy or sell? Highlighting four teams still on the fence

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

To buy or sell? Jayson Stark looks at four teams that could decide to go one way or the other in the final week before the trade deadline.

Story | Conversation | July 24, 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

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