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Jayson Stark Is Stupid: MLB Draft Needs To Include Foreign Players
bleacherreport.com - 6/4/2009
Jayson Stark Is Stupid: MLB Draft Needs To Include Foreign Players
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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 the problems with Major League Baseball’s player-drafting system but failed to include even one mention of the system’s largest flaw: the exclusion of foreign players. Commentary on baseball’s flawed drafting system without regard ...
Jayson Stark: Time to fix the Major League Baseball draft
sports.espn.go.com - 6/4/2009
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

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Jayson Stark’s hypothetical outrage
hardballtimes.com - 6/4/2009
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

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Jayson Stark: Randy Johnson's 300th victory is one to remember
sports.espn.go.com - 6/5/2009
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 ...

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Jayson Stark Stupid; MLB Draft Needs To Include Foreign Players
Rake Blog — ... words to discussing the problems with Major League Baseball’s player-drafting system but failed to include even one mention of the system’s largest flaw: the exclusion of foreign players. Commentary on baseball’s flawed drafting system without regard this facet of the problem is akin to writing about Mike Tyson’s personal life with no mention of his tendency to sometimes rape women, beat up strangers and allow his children to play with things that kill them. Continue reading as I foam at the mouth… Posted in Baseball ...

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