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Jayson Stark: Time to fix the Major League Baseball draft
Jayson Stark: Time to fix the Major League Baseball draft
sports.espn.go.com — Major League Baseball's draft, the worst in pro sports, is in dire need of a makeover... (more) Jayson Stark: Time to fix the Major League Baseball draft
Jayson Stark’s hypothetical outrage
Jayson Stark’s hypothetical outrage
hardballtimes.com — Reader Jason D. has a request: Please write about how damn stupid Stark's ESPN.com piece on draft... bonuses is. I'm bored at work. Gladly! Stark's piece is about Stephen Strasburg and draft bonuses . Take it away Jayson: Fifty million bucks. Roll that around your tongue. Fifty ... (more) Jayson Stark’s hypothetical outrage
Jayson Stark: Randy Johnson's 300th victory is one to remember
Jayson Stark: Randy Johnson's 300th victory is one to remember
sports.espn.go.com — Reaching the exclusive milestone just a result of Big Unit's prolonged brilliance... (more) Jayson Stark: Randy Johnson's 300th victory is one to ...
Your Last 300-Game Winner [Mlb]
Your Last 300-Game Winner [Mlb]
deadspin.com — Did you enjoy Randy Johnson 's afternoon skewering of the Nationals? Because you'll probably never get a... chance to see that again. (The 300th win part, not the Nationals getting skewered.) [ Jayson Stark ; Seattle Times ] (more) Your Last 300-Game Winner [Mlb]
High Desert
itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com — Lake Elsinore opened a three game series last night in High Desert, which is known for some... high-scoring contests. Well, after eight innings last night Lake Elsinore was leading 28-14. Guess how many home runs Elsinore hit in order to score 28 runs... go ahead, guess. Exactly one. That's right ... (more) High Desert
Stark On Peavy, Oswalt, Phillies, DeRosa, Giants
mlbtraderumors.com — Let's take a look at the latest Rumblings and Grumblings column from ESPN's Jayson Stark . The... Padres' recent winning streak has not changed their intention of trading Jake Peavy . The Dodgers and Cubs are in Peavy's first tier of choices, ... (more) Stark On Peavy, Oswalt, Phillies, DeRosa, Giants
Stat Fun
Stat Fun
hardballtimes.com — With apologies to Jayson Stark's research staff, I must say that I usually don't care for those... "look at these weird stats!" pieces. But this one did do what those things are intended to do, which is to make read it and go "Hmm. Neat": A third of the way through the season, James Loney is on ... (more) Stat Fun
Stark On Howard & The Broken MLB Draft
Stark On Howard & The Broken MLB Draft
the700level.com — Most people don't pay a whole lot of attention to the MLB draft partly because nobody watches... college baseball (or high school for that matter) so the common fan is completely unfamiliar with the big names being drafted. This year, however, has one of the biggest talents in quite a while, ... (more) Stark On Howard & The Broken MLB Draft
Jayson Stark Is Stupid: MLB Draft Needs To Include Foreign Players
Jayson Stark Is Stupid: MLB Draft Needs To Include Foreign Players
bleacherreport.com — Jayson Stark sucks. While this is hardly breaking news, it seemed like an appropriate introduction to today’s... diatribe about Stark’s lengthy column on ESPN.com this afternoon in which he dedicated nearly 2,000 words to discussing ... (more) Jayson Stark Is Stupid: MLB Draft Needs To Include ...
David Wright putting up rare numbers thus far
David Wright putting up rare numbers thus far
weretheteamtobeat.com — Jayson Stark is getting some serious link time today at WTTTB.  I’m sure he’s thrilled.  He’s probably... bragging to Buster Olney as we speak.  Big day for Jayson. So where was I (or where should I be)?  Oh yeah, David Wright is putting up some wild numbers according to ... (more) David Wright putting up rare numbers thus far
Phillies bullpen use out of control? Jayson Stark week continues!
Phillies bullpen use out of control? Jayson Stark week continues!
weretheteamtobeat.com — Via Twitter (if you haven’t noticed, I’m too lazy to cite Twitter with a link), Jayson Stark... reported last night that the Phillies went to their bullpen 30 times in the last 7 games . Holy Lack of Quality Starts? That averages out to over 4 times a game. Now, we’ve played ... (more) Phillies bullpen use out of control? Jayson Stark week ...
The bullpen weakens. To the DL for Condrey.
The bullpen weakens. To the DL for Condrey.
weretheteamtobeat.com — Jayson Stark is reporting that Clay Condrey is on a way-one trip to the DL, starting tomorrow. ... The bullpen is getting spaghetti thin these days.  With Madson struggling, it is looking anorexic. Sergio Escalona will be recalled as his replacement. [ ESPN ] Bookmark It  ... (more) The bullpen weakens. To the DL for Condrey.
But the good news is, the Padres have gone even longer without a 20-game hitting streak than the...
But the good news is, the Padres have gone even longer without a 20-game hitting streak than the...
gaslampball.com — But the good news is, the Padres have gone even longer without a 20-game hitting streak than... the Rays -- all the way back to 1997 (in the pre-Trop era), when Tony Gwynn hit in 20 in a row. ESPN - Jayson Stark Blog (more) But the good news is, the Padres have gone even longer ...